Marching Knights Leadership

 

Band:
Events:
Gallery:
When the Marching Knights take the field, relatively few people know all the planning, practice, training and effort that goes into each and every performance. Dozens of dedicated professionals volunteer countless hours to make the show a wonderful thing to experience.

The Marching Knights have excellent leadership. There are actually several different "leaders" at different levels. Here's what we have.

Band Director
This year's Band Director is Mr. Bryan Clayton.  Mr. Clayton is aided by a plethora of assistants and directors to facilitate detailed and efficient rehearsals with the band.

Staff and Assistants
These are dedicated people who work with the students to make it all happen. This includes the Music Directors, Show Designers, Visual Directors, and Color Guard Directors. These people are fundamental to create and shape the show into a work of art.

Elected Officers
Officers are elected from both the band and the color guard.

Drum Majors
The Marching Knights have two Drum Majors, who are elected to their positions. The Drum Majors lead the band throughout the year. Candidates are performers from previous years. One is a Senior, the other is a Junior.  These positions contain Enormous responsibility and lots of hard work.

Captains
Captains are officers appointed from among the student leader candidates. There are two captains, one for the brass section and one for the woodwinds. They have various responsibilities including managing the music library and conducting and rehearsal assistance during practice. The captains are performing members of their sections.

Student Leaders
Student Leaders are appointed heads of each instrumental section in the band. Candidates go through a training program in the spring and one or two are selected from each section. Student Leaders are performing members of the band.

Performers
There are somewhere between one hundred forty and two hundred performers in the band in any given year. They are grouped based on what instrument they play or what other way they perform. Each group is referred to as a "section". There are several sections: Color Guard, Percussion, Woodwinds, and Brass. These in turn are divided by instrument.

The Organization
Our Organization Page provides an overall view of our leadership, including who they are and what they do.


 
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