Benjy is a character in a story told by DMA’s great friend Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser. Benjy was the terrified freshman who was ready to quit

Heidi is one of our Lead Clinicians for the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy. In her “spare time,” she’s a Professor of Music and

Justin McAdams is a DMA Lead Clinician. He’s a Band Director and Performing Arts Coordinator for the Phoenixville Area School District in Phoenixville, PA. He’s

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Katie attended DMA at UMass Amherst 3 times: 2001-2003. She joined our IMPACT Team in 2005, and hasn’t missed a single DMA since. For the

This is it. This is the NUMBER ONE absolute best marching band recruitment method.

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If you’re in band, you already know: band is awesome. You also know that band is a whole lot more fun the more people that are involved.

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