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Marching Up the Hill
The start of every year brings us a chance for a new beginning. This year is certainly no exception as ... -
Bands at the Bowls During COVID
2021 New Year bowls incorporated marching bands as best as they could, using audio and video recordings to add to ... -
Introducing the Intercollegiate Marching Band
The CBDNA Intercollegiate Marching Band unified performers in a virtual show for the College Football Playoff National Championship game as ... -
A Fragile 2020 Fall Marching Season
With everyone focused on safety and community, Texas and Utah pulled off in-person high school marching competitions while most other ... -
USBands and BD Performing Arts Join Forces
BD Performing Arts (BDPA) in Concord, California, and USBands in Allentown, Pennsylvania, have combined to create a nationwide pageantry arts ... -
Collegiate FANtastic Winners
With COVID-19 distancing marching members and putting crowds on the other side of a screen, competitions like the Collegiate FANtastic ... -
DCI and DCA 2021 Season
Drum Corps International (DCI) and Drum Corps Associates (DCA) are marching again though in a different direction. Both organizations had ... -
HBCU Homecoming Programs
For so many colleges and universities this year, “homecoming” became “stay at home.” Going into 2021, performers in Historically Black ... -
Continue to Create
I’m a workaholic. I love making music and being on the road, teaching, writing books, composing, engineering, giving clinics, and ... -
What’s Next?
“The West Wing” is one of my favorite TV dramas. The show features the lives of staffers in the White ... -
In the Best Light
Microphones, cameras, and ring lights—can you imagine a year ago that these items could all be important purchases for auditions, ... -
Not Just the Flick of the Wrist
When I was a performer, we never really talked about wrist strength and flexibility, so I never realized their importance ... -
Electric Marimba
Marimbas are about to become more accessible, portable, and less expensive, with an electric marimba from Mode Marimba Inc. Mode ... -
Collab App
Move over Vine and TikTok; here comes Collab. The Collab mobile app may be the next best thing in short ... -
Blue Devils’ Sound Library
Producers, composers, and musicians can now add the Blue Devils drumline to their virtual sound libraries. The original audio collection, ... -
Leading in a Global Pandemic
Though challenges seemed daunting, the Temple University marching band forged ahead with innovations and unequivocal joy. In March of 2020, ... -
Michigan State University
The band program at Michigan State University experienced extreme celebrations and extreme disappointments during its 150th season but already looks ... -
Don’t Break a Leg
Avoid slips, trips, and falls, especially during the indoor marching season. Slips, trips, and falls happen. For some of us, ... -
The Unscaleable Wall
Illustrated by Dan Dougherty.
