Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps
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The Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps was a Division I drum and bugle corps
based out of Bloomington, Indiana
and was a member of Drum Corps International
. Organized by Cook Group
and founded by William Cook, it was a competitive corps from 1985 to 1993. Star of Indiana was one of the corps associated with the period's rise of midwestern corps, such as the Cavaliers
and Phantom Regiment
, to the tops of the ranks. Star of Indiana made finals the first year of its existence and every year thereafter, an accomplishment unmatched by any other corps founded at the same time or since.
Star of Indiana was the DCI champion in 1991. In addition, the corps placed second once (1993), and third twice (1990 and 1992).
After the 1993 season (2nd place with a 97.3), they left the competitive marching circuit. They performed a ten-city tour of Brass Theater along with the Canadian Brass
in the summer of 1994. In 1995 and 1996, Star refined Brass Theater with The Canadian Brass in Brass Theatre II and III. Brass Theater's 1994 tour was highlighted by a sold-out performance at Avery Fisher Hall
at Lincoln Center
, as the 1995 tour included sold-out or near sold-out performances at Wolf Trap
, Ravinia
, Tanglewood
, Hollywood Bowl
, Blossom Music Center
, and Lincoln Center
. Brass Theater conductors included Indiana University School of Music's Ray Cramer and Leonard Bernstein-protégés Kenneth Schermerhorn
and Eiji Oue
.
Following Brass Theater they formed the Tony
and Emmy
Award-Winning Broadway
show Blast!, a marching production on a theater stage rather than a football field. See the article on Blast! for Star of Indiana's history after it left the drum and bugle corps activity.
Star of Indiana returned at the 2010 DCI World Championships performing a medley of their 1985 - 1993 field shows with their alumni corps, Star Alumni Corps. The group performed in Indianapolis on August 11, 2010 during the DCI Championships week and at Lucas Oil Stadium between the last corps performing and the retreat at the DCI Semi Finals on August 13. A DVD will be made by a professional company hired by Star Alumni Corps.
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Allegro
Allegro molto
Dance from Medea's Dance of Vengeance
DCI North Champion
DCI Preview of Champions Champion
DCI Mid-America Champion
DCI Finals: Jackson, Mississippi
Second Place - Score 97.3
Brass Co-Champion
Percussion Champion
Chester Overture - W. Schuman
"Amber Waves" - M. Gould
Flag of Stars - G. Jacob
DCI Preview of Champions Champion
DCI Mid-America Champion
DCI Finals: Madison Wisconsin
Third Place - Score 96.7
Brass Champion
"
Circuses
Pines of Rome "Pini di Roma
"
Pines of the Villa Borghese
Roman Festivals "Feste Romane
"
Jubilee
Harvest of October
The Epiphany
DCI North Champion
DCI Preview of Champions Champion
DCI Canada Champion
DCI Mid-America Champion
DCI Finals: Dallas, Texas
World Champion, 1st Place - Score 97.0
Percussion Co-Champion
DCI Finals: Buffalo, New York
3rd Place - Score 96.5
Brass Champion
Song Without Words - G. Holst
Fantasia on the Dargason - G. Holst
Crown Imperial March - W. Walton
DCI Canada Champion
U.S. Open Champion
DCI Finals: Kanas City, Missouri
6th Place - Score 95.3
Summertime
The Fugue/ The Hurricane
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
O Lawd, I'm on my Way
U.S. Open Champion
DCI Finals: Kanas City, Missouri
7th Place - Score 92.8
Ritual Fire Dance/Sabre Dance
Comedian's Gallop
Thunder and Blazes
Conversations from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Throne Room from Star Wars
Finale from Star Wars
Zip-a-dee Doo-dah
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Sorcerer's Apprentice - P. Dukas
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
Some Day my Prince will Come
It's a Small World
10th Place - Score 85.9
Drum and bugle corps (modern)
A drum and bugle corps, also known as a drum corps, is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, and color guard. Typically operating as independent non-profit organizations, drum corps perform in competitions, parades, festivals, and other civic functions...
based out of Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....
and was a member of Drum Corps International
Drum Corps International
Drum Corps International , formed in 1972, is the non-profit governing body operating the North American drum and bugle corps circuit for junior corps, whose members are between the ages of 14 and 21. It is the counterpart of Drum Corps Associates which governs senior or all-age drum corps...
. Organized by Cook Group
Cook Group
Cook Group Incorporated is an American privately held company based in Bloomington, Indiana, and primarily involved in manufacturing of medical devices. It was ranked #324 in Forbes' 2008 America's Largest Private Companies. It has three main divisions: Cook Medical, Allied Manufacturing, and...
and founded by William Cook, it was a competitive corps from 1985 to 1993. Star of Indiana was one of the corps associated with the period's rise of midwestern corps, such as the Cavaliers
The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps
The Cavaliers are a World Class drum and bugle corps based in Rosemont, Illinois and founded in 1948 by Donald Warren, and are a member corps of Drum Corps International, marching music's major league. The Cavaliers are currently under the direction of Adolph DeGrauwe...
and Phantom Regiment
Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps
The Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, founded in 1956, is a World Class drum and bugle corps based in Rockford, Illinois, and is a member corps of Drum Corps International...
, to the tops of the ranks. Star of Indiana made finals the first year of its existence and every year thereafter, an accomplishment unmatched by any other corps founded at the same time or since.
Star of Indiana was the DCI champion in 1991. In addition, the corps placed second once (1993), and third twice (1990 and 1992).
After the 1993 season (2nd place with a 97.3), they left the competitive marching circuit. They performed a ten-city tour of Brass Theater along with the Canadian Brass
Canadian Brass
The Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970. In addition to maintaining a heavy international touring schedule, the Canadian Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs...
in the summer of 1994. In 1995 and 1996, Star refined Brass Theater with The Canadian Brass in Brass Theatre II and III. Brass Theater's 1994 tour was highlighted by a sold-out performance at Avery Fisher Hall
Avery Fisher Hall
Avery Fisher Hall is a concert hall, in New York City and is part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. It is the home of the New York Philharmonic, with a capacity of 2,738 seats.-History:...
at Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
, as the 1995 tour included sold-out or near sold-out performances at Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, known locally in the Washington, D.C. area as simply Wolf Trap, is a performing arts center located on 130 acres of national park land in Wolf Trap, Virginia...
, Ravinia
Ravinia Park
Ravinia Festival is the oldest outdoor music festival in the United States, with a series of outdoor concerts and performances held every summer from June to September. It has been the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1936...
, Tanglewood
Tanglewood
Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It is the home of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home since 1937. It was the venue of the Berkshire Festival.- History...
, Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States that is used primarily for music performances...
, Blossom Music Center
Blossom Music Center
Blossom Music Center is an amphitheatre located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The pavilion seats 5,700 people, with space for about 13,500 more on the lawn. It is the summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra, which performs its annual Blossom Festival there. The venue is also host to a full summer...
, and Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
. Brass Theater conductors included Indiana University School of Music's Ray Cramer and Leonard Bernstein-protégés Kenneth Schermerhorn
Kenneth Schermerhorn
Kenneth Dewitt Schermerhorn was an American composer and orchestra conductor, most notably for the Nashville Symphony.-Biography:Schermerhorn was born in Schenectady, New York, where he studied clarinet, violin, and trumpet in school. At age 14, he forged a baptismal certificate to appear older so...
and Eiji Oue
Eiji Oue
is a Japanese conductor.Oue began his conducting studies with Hideo Saito of the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1978, Seiji Ozawa invited him to spend the summer studying at the Tanglewood Music Center. While there, he met Leonard Bernstein, who became a mentor. Oue won the Tanglewood...
.
Following Brass Theater they formed the Tony
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
and Emmy
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
Award-Winning Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
show Blast!, a marching production on a theater stage rather than a football field. See the article on Blast! for Star of Indiana's history after it left the drum and bugle corps activity.
Star of Indiana returned at the 2010 DCI World Championships performing a medley of their 1985 - 1993 field shows with their alumni corps, Star Alumni Corps. The group performed in Indianapolis on August 11, 2010 during the DCI Championships week and at Lucas Oil Stadium between the last corps performing and the retreat at the DCI Semi Finals on August 13. A DVD will be made by a professional company hired by Star Alumni Corps.
1993 The Music of Barber and Bartok
Meditation from Medea's Dance of VengeanceMedea's Dance of Vengeance
Medea's Dance of Vengeance is a composition by the American composer Samuel Barber derived from his earlier ballet suite Medea. Barber first created a seven movement concert suite from this ballet , and five years later reduced this concert suite down to a single-movement concert piece using what...
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 is one of the best-known compositions by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Commissioned by Paul Sacher to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the score is dated September 7, 1936...
Allegro
Allegro molto
Dance from Medea's Dance of Vengeance
Medea's Dance of Vengeance
Medea's Dance of Vengeance is a composition by the American composer Samuel Barber derived from his earlier ballet suite Medea. Barber first created a seven movement concert suite from this ballet , and five years later reduced this concert suite down to a single-movement concert piece using what...
Awards
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) ChampionDCI North Champion
DCI Preview of Champions Champion
DCI Mid-America Champion
DCI Finals: Jackson, Mississippi
Second Place - Score 97.3
Brass Co-Champion
Percussion Champion
- Star was only beaten by the CadetsThe Cadets Drum and Bugle CorpsThe Cadets are a Drum Corps International World Class drum and bugle corps based in Allentown, Pennsylvania...
during the 1993 season. This occurred 4 times. They lost to the Cadets by 0.3 points on August 7, 1993 at the DCI Drums Along the Rockies in Denver, CO, by 0.4 points on August 11, 1993 at the DCI Summer Music Games Tour in Texarkana, AR. Star beat the Cadets by 0.4 points at the DCI World Championship Quarterfinals and subsequently lost to the Cadets by 0.3 points in the Semifinals and by 0.1 in the finals. In total Star won 30 shows in 1993 (including 1 tie with the Cadets) and lost only 4 times (all second place and to the Cadets). Star only faced the Cadets 9 times in competition in 1993 (4 wins by Star, 4 wins by the Cadets and 1 tie).
1992 American Variations
Star Spangled Overture - M. GouldChester Overture - W. Schuman
"Amber Waves" - M. Gould
Flag of Stars - G. Jacob
Awards
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) ChampionDCI Preview of Champions Champion
DCI Mid-America Champion
DCI Finals: Madison Wisconsin
Third Place - Score 96.7
Brass Champion
1991 Immaggini di Roma (Roman Images): The Music of Ottorino Respighi
Roman Festivals "Feste RomaneFeste Romane
Feste Romane is a work for very large symphony orchestra composed in 1926, by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. It is a tone poem depicting scenes from Ancient Rome of the Roman Empire...
"
Circuses
Pines of Rome "Pini di Roma
Pini di Roma
Pines of Rome is a symphonic poem written in 1924 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi and, together with Fontane di Roma and Feste Romane, forms what is sometimes loosely referred to as his "Roman trilogy"...
"
Pines of the Villa Borghese
Roman Festivals "Feste Romane
Feste Romane
Feste Romane is a work for very large symphony orchestra composed in 1926, by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. It is a tone poem depicting scenes from Ancient Rome of the Roman Empire...
"
Jubilee
Harvest of October
The Epiphany
Awards
Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) ChampionDCI North Champion
DCI Preview of Champions Champion
DCI Canada Champion
DCI Mid-America Champion
DCI Finals: Dallas, Texas
World Champion, 1st Place - Score 97.0
Percussion Co-Champion
- The last 30 seconds of drill—known to fans as the "cross-to-cross" -- is widely considered one of the top drill moves of all time, and the final masterpiece of drill legend George Zingali.
Awards
DCI Mid-America ChampionDCI Finals: Buffalo, New York
3rd Place - Score 96.5
Brass Champion
1989 British Invasion
Henry V - W. WaltonSong Without Words - G. Holst
Fantasia on the Dargason - G. Holst
Crown Imperial March - W. Walton
Awards
DCI Mid-America ChampionDCI Canada Champion
U.S. Open Champion
DCI Finals: Kanas City, Missouri
6th Place - Score 95.3
1988 George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess"
O, I Can't Sit DownSummertime
The Fugue/ The Hurricane
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
O Lawd, I'm on my Way
Awards
DCI Canada ChampionU.S. Open Champion
DCI Finals: Kanas City, Missouri
7th Place - Score 92.8
1987 Greatest Show on Turf
Barnum and Bailey's FavoriteRitual Fire Dance/Sabre Dance
Comedian's Gallop
Thunder and Blazes
1986 Out of this World
Adventures on Earth from ETConversations from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Throne Room from Star Wars
Finale from Star Wars
1985 A Salute to Walt Disney: A Musical Extravaganza in Three Acts
When You Wish Upon a StarZip-a-dee Doo-dah
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Sorcerer's Apprentice - P. Dukas
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
Some Day my Prince will Come
It's a Small World
Awards
DCI Finals: Madison, Wisconsin10th Place - Score 85.9
- By making finals this year, Star became the second corps in the history of DCI to make it to the finals in the first year of its existence (first was the Bleu Raeders in 1972). Subsequent rule changes have made this impossible as first year corps cannot compete as Division I.