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Drumline Auditions: Tips for Building a Successful Percussion Section
Holding drumline auditions can sometimes be a daunting task. You want to give students a fair shot and use it as an educational tool, yet you also want a solid line that has the potential to win. If you plan your auditions carefully, you can achieve both of these goals.
The Front Ensemble: Effective Setup and Use of Instrumentation in the “Pit”
You hear after every time someone doesn’t make the drumline at your school: I don’t want to be in the pit because it’s stupid. The common perception of the pit is that it is really just a place to put all the extra drummers you have. However, the pit can be a tool as equally important as the battery and even more important in the world of indoor marching percussion.
NEWS
JMU Indoor Takes 2nd
The JMU Indoor Drumline took 2nd Place by a margin of 0.37 points at the 2009 Atlantic Indoor Association Championships with a score of 85.23. You can check out a full recap at AtlanticIndoor.org.
Check out the video of the performance on the Video page.
JMU Competing at AIA Finals
This Sunday, March 29, the JMU Indoor Drumline will be competing at the Atlantic Indoor Association Finals at CD Hylton High School in Dale City, VA. Their performance time is 1:34pm. For more information visit AtlanticIndoor.org.
JMU Indoor Percussion Takes First
The JMU Indoor Percussion line recently competed at Mills Godwin High School for an AIA competition. The drumline took first place in its class, with a 78.3. The drumline is performing an original show entitled “Shapes” written by myself. Clips of the show will be posted after the season.
Enter the Master Now on Sale
Enter the Master is now available for purchase through Doug Wallace Percussion. This percussion quartet won 1st Runner up in the 2008 Doug Wallace Percussion Composition Contest. Perfect for the advanced high school or beginning college ensemble.
2008 PASIC Tenor Champion
I recently traveled to Austin, Texas to compete in the 2008 PASIC Individual Multi-Tenor competition on Thursday, November 6. I was lucky enough to perform very well and win the individual competition with a score of 92.5. The results of the rest of the competition are available on the PASIC site. I’ll post a video of the solo sometime soon.
I personally want to thank Al Murray and Dynasty VERY much for letting me borrow drums for the competition.