Colin McNutt - Percussion Caption Supervisor

There's nothing more fulfilling to percussionist Colin McNutt than running into former students who have made great lives for themselves. Knowing he could have played a small part in their success and happiness keeps the 37-year-old drummer motivated, sharing his talents and skills with young performers across the country.

McNutt has served as the Cadets Percussion Caption Supervisor for a little more than two years, handling a considerable portion of the daily instruction of the section. He came to the Cadets with a lengthy marching and drum corps resume, including his most recent job as Director of Percussion and Arranger for the Madison Scouts of Madison, Wis. 

McNutt has a strong history in percussion instruction. He arranged music and instructed for the Star of Indiana of Bloomington, Ind., the Glassmen of Toledo, Ohio, and the Crossmen. He also took his talents to the stage, writing and teaching for the popular production "Blast!"

He hasn't only instructed as McNutt started marching drum corps his junior year in high school in 1988 with the Boston Crusaders of Boston, Mass., then aging out with the Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, Calif., in 1992.

McNutt has made a career out of his passion for music and percussion, while in between completing his double major of music education and classics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1998. When not instructing drum corps, McNutt conducts clinics for the percussion companies Avedis Zildjian Co., REMO, Inc., and Vic Firth. He also writes music for marching bands in the United States and Japan.

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