Dan Duffield Music Designer

Dan Duffield
Music Designer

Dan has been an active performer, composer, arranger, marching designer, and educator throughout the country. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Percussion Performance and Education from the University of Iowa.  During his schooling he acted as the Percussion Director for City High School in Iowa City, IA, assisted the Davenport Central High School Marching Blue Devils from Davenport, IA, and Cedar Rapids Washington High School from Cedar Rapids, IA. Dan obtained his Master’s Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of South Dakota. There he ran the drumline, taught lessons, and assisted with various classes.  Dan worked as percussion director for Sioux City North High School in Sioux City, IA as well as with the Flying Dutchmen at MOC-Floyd Valley in Orange City, IA.  He has held positions as an adjunct professor in music for both Northwestern College, and Buena Vista University. He worked as an instructor with the Sioux Falls Groove program from Sioux Falls, SD.  This past fall he began taking composition classes through The Juilliard School.

Dan worked with several schools in the Los Angeles area while completing an internship with Yamaha Corporation of America's Band and Orchestral Division. He has been a student of many fine percussion educators such as Dan Moore, Darin Wadley, Michael Spiro, Dave Samuels, Dick Sisto, Jim Dreier, Liam Teague, Los Muñequitos de Motanzas, and several others. As an active member of the Vic Firth Education Team as well as with the Sabian Education Network, Dan has taught numerous clinics, classes, and private lessons for students of all levels. He has acted as a designer, arranger, staff coordinator, and educator for the Americanos Drum and Bugle Corps of Menasha, WI, and for the Kilties Senior Drum and Bugle Corps of Racine, WI. Dan was a member of both the Nite Express and Colts Drum and Bugle Corps. He has been a band director with the Waco Independent School District in Waco, TX, and is currently the Director of Instrumental Music for the Neosho School District in Neosho, MO.

 
Mike Fogarty Music Designer

Mike Fogarty
Music Designer

Mike is a band director and professional musician in the Chicagoland area. He is a graduate of both the University of Illinois and the VanderCook College of Music. Though originally an oboe and piano player, Mike has been arranging music for the marching field since he was a teenager, and currently writes wind and percussion arrangements for a number of schools across the country. He performed with the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, and has also served on staff for the Americanos Drum and Bugle Corps, as well as the Kilties Senior Corps. Mike continues to teach camps and clinics throughout the Midwest while also guest conducting and performing with various ensembles. He is an active marching band adjudicator in Illinois and Indiana (ISSMA), as well as for numerous other concert festivals in the Chicagoland area. Mike currently teaches middle school band in suburban Romeoville, Illinois, and enjoys living in downtown Chicago as an avid supporter of the city's robust classical music scene.

 
Brad Buehring   Music and Visual Designer

Brad Buehring
Music and Visual Designer

Bradley Buehring holds a Bachelor’s in Music Performance (Percussion) and a Master’s in Music Composition from the University of Louisville. During his marching years, he performed with the Music City Mystique, and the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps. Brad has acted as an arranger, designer, consultant, and educator for several high schools, drum corps, and independent indoor ensembles. In 2004 he served as Percussion Co-Caption Head for the Americanos Drum and Bugle Corps. At the high school level, Brad has acted as Percussion Director for Eastern High School in Louisville, KY and Floyd Central High School in Indiana. Now working as a cinematographer and film director, he still maintains a busy arranging schedule through Pulse Marching, a marching arts design company he co-founded in 2005. Brad and his wife Lucy split their time between Brooklyn, NY and Nashville, TN.

 
Adam Nelson  Drill and Visual Designer

Adam Nelson
Drill and Visual Designer

Adam's unique, accessible and idiomatic visual designs have earned him high praise. He has worked as a brass technician, visual technician and designer for bands across the country.  Adam is well versed in Piano, Singing, Percussion, Trumpet, Baritone, Guitar, Steel Drums and Horn. Adam earned his BM in Horn Performance from the University of South Dakota. While attending USD, he won two MTNA State Performance Competitions, performed as a soloist with the Symphonic Band and Brass Choir, wrote a Symphonic Band composition for his Honor's Thesis, and marched mellophone for five summers with the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps. In 2007, he earned his MM in Horn Performance from Arizona State University, and was personally invited by Sam Pilafian to play Horn as a member of the Boston Brass for two feature performances.

Adam currently lives in Chicago, IL where, in addition to his work in the Marching Arts, he is in high demand as a Piano Teacher and a Dueling Piano Player. He performs more than 130 shows a year, travelling all over the country to play private events, corporate parties, schools, fundraisers, festivals, civic events, weddings and night clubs.

 
Sherry Stone  Color Guard and Visual Designer

Sherry Stone
Color Guard and Visual Designer

Sherry has been a performer, instructor, and choreographer of color guard for over twenty years. She marched drum and bugle corps for nine years, performing with the Nite Express Drum and Bugle Corps, Colts Drum and Bugle Corps and spent her last five years of performing with the Phantom Regiment of Rockford, IL. Sherry is well versed in dance and movement, having taken dance classes as an adolescent and continuing as a student at the University of Iowa, as well as being taught by multiple instructors throughout the country while performing with drum corps. Sherry also loves and choreographs each piece of equipment - flag, rifle, and sabre. She has instructed drum corps and many high school color guards in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, and Texas. Sherry is also sought after to judge competition shows. Color guards that she has choreographed and instructed for have received excellent ratings, top color guard achievements, and state championship titles. Sherry holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from St. Ambrose University, a Master of Healthcare Administration from Purdue Global, and is a successful agent with Bankers Life. Sherry has been married to a former Madison Scout percussionist for 16+ years, and they are proud parents to 13-year-old daughter, Kyla, who is also an accomplished performer in dance, piano, clarinet, and saxophone!