Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps explained

Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps
Location:Austin, Texas
Division:World Class
Founded:2009
Director:Chris Magonigal

The Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps, based in Austin, Texas. Genesis performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.[1]

History

Sources:[2]

Genesis was founded in September 2009 as a means for youth of the Rio Grande Valley to compete in drum corps, which they saw as "the next level of musical competition" beyond marching band. Success was far from certain, at a time when national and worldwide economics were causing the demise of dozens of long-established corps. After an examination by DCI to determine the group's organizational stability, in May 2010, DCI announced that Genesis was approved to compete in that summer's competitive season.

In its inaugural season, Genesis surprised many when it premiered at home in Texas. The corps then toured in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio en route to the DCI Open Class World Championships in Michigan City, Indiana where the corps placed 9th in Open Class.

After its first year, Genesis' staff made the decision to have each season be a "rebirth of the corps," combining new genres of music and visual ideas with the traditional drum corps idiom. In 2011 and 2012, the corps moved up in Open Class, placing 6th both seasons before moving on to World Class prelims, where they finished 30th and 29th. In 2011, Genesis won DCI's "Most Improved Corps" award for Open Class.

In 2013, the corps rose to a 3rd place Open Class finish. Genesis then competed in the DCI World Class Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, placing 23rd in semifinals, earning full DCI membership, and winning the World Class "Most Improved Corps" award. Additionally, Chris Magonigal was named DCI's Open Class Director of the Year.

In January 2014, Genesis announced that the corps would move its operations from Edinburg, Texas to Austin, Texas. Corps director Chris Magonigal stated: “With its centralized location, dedication to the arts, and its financial possibilities, Austin is the perfect city from which to operate our program.“

At the annual DCI meeting on January 27, 2017, Genesis was approved to compete as a World Class corps.[3]

Sponsorship

Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization. Chris Magonigal is executive director, program coordinator, and corps director. Genesis also sponsors the Teatro Indoor Percussion ensemble, competing in the Winter Guard International Independent Open division.

Show summary (2010–2024)

Source:[2]

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Light blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist
Pale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist
YearRepertoire
Score Placement
2010 84.000 9th Place

Finalist
2011 Big Top After Dark
Scenes of a Psychotic Circus by Key Poulan / Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music) by Stephen Sondheim
86.850 6th Place
Open Class
Finalist
65.80030th Place
2012 Epic
Strength of 1,000 Men by Thomas J. Bergersen / Someone Like You by Adele Adkins & Dan Wilson / Original Music by Edward Gobbel / United We Stand, Divided We Fall by Thomas J. Bergersen
85.500 6th Place
Open Class
Finalist
63.50029th Place
World Class
2013 mOZaic
Over the Rainbow, We're Off to See the Wizard, If I Only Had a Brain & Ding Dong
The Witch Is Dead! (all from The Wizard of Oz) by E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen / Ease on Down the Road (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls / For Good (from Wicked) by Stephen Schwartz / Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd / Riders on the Storm by John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek & Jim Morrison (The Doors)91.550 3rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
bgcolor=#d0f0c0 74.650bgcolor=#d0f0c0 23rd Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2014 Art of Darkness
Strength of 1,000 Men & United We Stand, Divided We Fall by Thomas J. Bergersen / Lux Aeterna (from Requiem for a Dream) by Clint Mansell / Mad World by Roland Orzabal / Original Music by Edward Gobbel
77.900 3rd Place
Open Class
Finalist
bgcolor=#d0f0c0 74.075bgcolor=#d0f0c0 23rd Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2015 75.750 4th Place
Open Class
Finalist
bgcolor=#d0f0c0 73.500bgcolor=#d0f0c0 22nd Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2016 75.250 4th Place
Open Class
Finalist
bgcolor=#d0f0c0 73.375bgcolor=#d0f0c0 23rd Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2017 76.213 23rd Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2018 74.475 24th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2019 From the Ground Up
Organic Forest & Bulldozers and the Height of Industry by Key Poulan, Dave Marvin, Dan Bryan & Shawn Glyde / The Sound of War by Susanne Sundfør / The Corinthian Song by V. Michael McKay / Original Music by Key Poulan, Dave Marvil, Dan Bryan & Shawn Glyde
78.725 20th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021No scored competitions
2022Dorothy
Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) by E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen / Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John & Bernie Taupin / Songs from the Wood from Ian Anderson / Ballad of Heroes by Benjamin Britten
78.81321st Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2023Symbio.sys
The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky / Firebird Suite by Isao Tomita / Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap / Asphalt Cocktail by John Mackey / Original Music by Key Poulan & Mike Huestis
78.77521st Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2024Signal
Arrival by The Alchemist (musician) / Alfonso Muskedunder by Todd Terje / Waltz for Sweatpants by Cody Fry / Ka Bohaleng/On the Sharp Side by Abel Selaocoe / Waloyo Yamoni by Christopher Tin
77.50022nd Place
World Class
Semifinalist

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Corps . Drum Corps International . 24 February 2018 .
  2. Web site: Genesis . DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience . 5 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Austin, Texas' Genesis approved for World Class competition . Drum Corps International . January 27, 2017 . January 27, 2017 .