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The Bluecoats 2022 Drum Majors
We’re excited to announce our drum majors for the 2022 Bluecoats! Victoria Lee and Finley Muela will lead the Bluecoats this season.
Kevin Shah Joins Bluecoats Team As Music Design Consultant
Renowned composer, designer, educator, and design education advocate Kevin Shah is returning to Bluecoats as a Music Design Consultant. Kevin, who was the Bluecoats Sound Designer from 2010-2013, has since made a major impact in the marching design community through his work with Broken City, Arcadia High School, Vista Murrieta High School and the Blue Knights (2014-19), where he was most recently the Creative Director and a Composer/Arranger. Kevin is passionate about bringing artistic expression to life through composition and re-imagining the world in creative and meaningful ways.
Tom Rarick Promoted to Director of Percussion, Carter & Team Return, Welcoming Some New Faces in 2022
Bluecoats welcomes Tom Rarick to his new role as Director of Percussion. Allen Justus promoted to Front Ensemble Coordinator & Roger Carter continues as Caption Head. Claire Kenney, Cassius Johnson, Zach Wilson, Jake Lyons, Ben Armeni join team.
Brass Educational Team Returns, Welcomes Some New Faces
Bluecoats promotes Kristen Eck and Kris Hammond to new roles, and welcomes Ben Harloff, Richard Alvarado, Alex Bender, and Alex Szabo. Derek Gipson will return in his eleventh year as Brass Caption Head.
Bluecoats Begins Search For Program Operations Leadership
The Bluecoats team is growing! Today Bluecoats has launched a search for two senior program operations roles. The Director, Program Operations & Manager, Program Operations are new roles at the organization that will work alongside the Executive Team and the Corps Manager plan, manage, and execute the organization’s programming in a way that upholds standards of safety, participant experience, and operational excellence.
The Blue Way - Managing a Non-Profit Performance Organization
Check out this conversation with Bluecoats CEO Mike Scott and CFO/COO Genevieve Geisler. During this The Blue Way episode, we discuss managing a non-profit performance organization.
Lunch with Legends: A Conversation with Ralph Hardimon
Our Lunch with Legends series invites drum corps legends to join the Bluecoats at rehearsal and to speak to performers during a lunch presentation. During this lunch, we were joined by Ralph Hardimon!
Inside Look: Bluecoats Audio
Take a deep dive into Bluecoats audio to learn about our team, our setup, and the behind-the-scenes of audio mixing.