Audition Information
The 2018 drum corps season is just around the corner. Music City still has a few BRASS and COLOR GUARD openings and invites you to audition for a spot in our tenth anniversary season and have the summer of a lifetime.
For more information about auditioning for the corps, including audition materials, please submit an interest form. Additional information can also be found on our Membership page.
Brass
Trumpet, Mellophone, Baritone, Tuba
Percussion
Snare, Tenors, Bass, Front Ensemble
Color Guard
Flag, Rifle, Saber
Drum Major
All positions filled
LATEST NEWS
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Statement from Music City Drum Corps
In light of recent events within the drum corps community, Music City Drum Corps affirms its commitment to enforce its policy of mutual care and respect for all members. We are dedicated and committed to fostering an environment in which each member has value, in which each member is respected, and in which each member[…]
Meet Music City’s 2018 drum majors
Music City will be led on the field in 2018 by a trio of drum majors with years of experience with the corps. Veteran majors Jeremiah Wooten and Scott Smith are returning to their roles and will be joined by former horn line member Patrick Nelsen. Head drum major Wooten ages out following the 2018[…]
Support Music City and you could win $5,000
It’s time for the annual Music City Drum Corps fundraising raffle. One lucky winner will receive a cash prize of $5,000 following a drawing in July during The Masters of the Summer Music Games in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Tickets are $10 each and for the first time may be purchased online at https://shop.musiccitydrumcorps.org/product/raffle-ticket/. The approximate odds[…]
Kalemba joins Music City and brings wealth of experience
Jacob Kalemba brings extensive DCI and WGI experience to his new role joining Music City’s 2018 design team as color guard designer and choreographer. “I want to help create a unique identity for Music City for its debut in DCI World Class from a visual and color guard perspective,” Kalemba said. “The creative and design[…]
England brings excitement and optimism to Music City
Percussion supervisor and arranger David England returns to Music City in 2018 to join a design team working to deliver a show he says will be creative, unique, yet accessible to all audiences. “The ideas for the show are based from moods and textures from various sources,” said England, a band director in Murfreesboro, Tenn.,[…]
Drill designer continues to take MCDC down a ‘fresh and hip’ path
Music City’s 2018 show will venture into new territory while honoring the drum corps’ roots and its members’ experience, according to visual designer Jeffrey Thompson. The Lexington, Ky. based designer wrote the drill for Music City’s 2017 show “Tribe,” and returns in 2018 as both Drill Writer and Visual Caption Supervisor. “This season brings many[…]
Music City has long-standing winter home thanks to supportive educators
For the past eight years the Music City Drum Corps has been lucky to call Freedom Middle School its winter home, thanks to the efforts of a group of supportive educators. The Franklin, Tenn. campus has been host to weekend camps since 2011, and served as a summer training site in the corps’ early years.[…]
Music City Director shares his love of music with Nashville youth
As a former band director and member of the U.S. Air Force band, the new executive director of the Music City Drum Corps has seen first-hand how music can transform lives. So it’s no surprise why Kent Baker was drawn to Nashville’s W.O. Smith Music School. “The W.O. Smith School of Music is one of[…]
MCDC volunteer Mark Watkins message to other parents: “jump on in!”
Music City Drum Corps’ success depends upon a team of volunteers who fill many key roles, including feeding hungry corps members and staff during weekend camps. First-time volunteer Mark Watkins of Maryville, Ill. talks about his experience helping in the kitchen at the February camp and why you should consider volunteering, too. Watkins’ daughter Chloe[…]
Carter returns with expanded leadership role
Color Guard Caption Head Tracy Carter returns to Music City in 2018 with an expanded leadership role overseeing design and performance goals for the entire corps. Carter has been appointed as Program Coordinator, a new position responsible for the team managing show design, costuming and storyboarding, as well as facilitating communication between music and percussion[…]
