The Drum Corps Podcast Intro

On our first Basics Block Episode, we discuss breathing in the marching arts with Don Taylor. 

Don Taylor is originally from South Carolina, and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1987 with a Bachelor of Music Education degree. After teaching for six years in North Carolina, he attended Western Carolina University, where he served as the band graduate assistant for the WCU Wind Ensemble and Marching Cats and graduated with a Master’s in Music Education.

Mr. Taylor also has an extensive background in drumcorps, having performed as a lead soprano soloist with the Suncoast Sound Drum and Bugle Corps in 1984 and 1985, then later going on to be one of the original staff members of the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps in 1990. Mr. Taylor taught at Crown from the very first day until the corps’ first DCI finals appearance in 1995, and was brass caption head from 1991 through 1995. During the time Crown competed in DCI’s Division II (now known as Open Class), from 1991 until 1993, the brass section won the High Brass Award all three years, and the corps also won the DCI Division II World Championship in 1993. From 1996 to 1998, he served as the brass caption head for the Magic of Orlando Drum and Bugle Corps, then in 1999 on the brass staff of the Crossmen. More recently, Mr. Taylor served on the brass staff of the Boston Crusaders in 2014, the Blue Knights in 2018, and was a brass and ensemble music consultant for the Music City Drumcorps in 2019. 
Mr. Taylor also served as a judge for Drum Corps International for four seasons (2002- 2005), judging brass performance, ensemble music, and general effect music. He also has judged many marching band competitions all across the Southeast and Midwest, and continues to do so to this day.

Episode #1 Basics Block - Breathing with Don Taylor

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