CBM News
Morris Knolls High School Wins USSBA Grand National Championship in Percussion
Morris Knolls High School was named the overall USSBA Group 3 open State Champions with the award for best percussion. 2 weeks later they went on to not only be named USSBA National Group 3 Open Percussion Champions, but also won the Grand National title in percussion which is the award for the top score out every group.
The show was named "Greek Mythology". The opening brought forth the awesomeness of Mount Olympus and the fury of Zeus. The loud impacts of thunder was then followed by the gleaming sounds of Apollo on his chariot riding in from the sun. Cenotaph by Jack Stamp painted the picture for this movement. The pit served as a transition and brought the audience all the way underwater with La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) which combined Debussy's unique chordal movement with the sounds of water gongs, rain sticks, and African talking drums. The winds then joined in and began the journey through Posiden's underwater kingdom with a beautiful arrangement of Lento for Brass by Phillipe Sparke. The closer, Ares, featured the music of Hans Zimmer from Batman Begins and Gladiator. Full of intensity from start to finish, the percussion was featured extensively as they portrayed a battle scene. Building tension with mechanical sounds such as chains, bells, metal, and cannons...the percussion built to a throw down session that lead to the back half of the closer.
Morris Knolls Percusion Staff:
Dan Schwartz- Band Director
Colin Bell- Percussion Caption Head/Arranger
Chris Thatcher- Battery Instructor
Lara Parizman- Front Ensemble Instructor
Billy Long- Battery Instructor
not pictured:
Jeff Silva- Battery Instructor
Rui Arrojado- Battery Instructor
Colin Bell named Percussion Arranger for Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps
 The Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps of Wayne, New Jersey are pleased to make the following announcement.
Christopher Marousek, has been named the Percussion Caption Head for the 2008 competitive season. Chris returns to the Raiders after a successful 2007 season working with corps percussion section. His educational background includes a Degree in Musical Performance Percussion from the University of Maryland. Chris also has worked with the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps and was a Program Coordinator for the New York Skyliners. He also has many years of drum and bugle corps experience while being a member of Crossmen and Bushwackers Drum and Bugle Corps. Tom Maiello, Director of the Raiders adds,"Chris brings many valuable years of talent and educational experience to the Raiders, we are pleased to have him in this position, and look forward to many seasons of success with him leading our percussion section".
Next, the Raiders would also like to announce that Colin Bell has been named the Percussion Battery and Front Ensemble Arranger for the upcoming season. Colin has been on staff with the Raiders since 2005 and Holds a BA in Music Education from Kean University. He also is the Percussion Arranger and Caption Head at Morris Knolls High School. Morris Knolls was recently awarded the 2007 Grand Champion Percussion Caption Award at the 2007 USSBA National Championships. Colin has marched with the New York Skyliners and Most Recently the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps. "Colin's success and dedication to the corps and other musical programs is a big reason why we wanted him to arrange our percussion book this year. We are very please to have both of these talented educators on staff with our organization" added Tom Maiello.
For More information regarding the Raiders and their Open House & Audtions on December 15th and 16th, please visit the corps wed site at www.raidersdbc.org
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