COLIN MC NUTT

Class of 2016

INSTRUCTOR / MENTOR

Cadet Years: Percussion Caption Supervisor/Battery Arranger (2008-2016)

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HIS CADET STORY:

He served as The Cadets Percussion Caption Supervisor and Battery Arranger from 2008 through 2016, winning a DCI World Championship in 2011 and the Fred Sanford High Percussion Award in 2013.  

 

Colin has also previously taught and arranged music for Star of Indiana, the Glassmen and the Crossmen. In addition, he was a part of the design and instruction team for the internationally acclaimed production, Blast!.

 

Colin began his marching career in 1988 during his junior year of high school when he joined the Boston Crusaders.  He was an integral part of the Crusaders percussion section over a four year span.  He aged out with Santa Clara Vanguard in 1992, where he was recognized at the 1992 Individual and Ensemble competition as the tenor drum solo champion.

 

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