Gino Cipriani has served as the Brass Caption Head of the Boston Crusaders since 2017. Gino received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Instrumental Education from the University of Mississippi and his Master of Science in Music Education from Towson University. As a student at Ole Miss, he studied trumpet performance under the guidance of Dr. Charles Gates. He also had the great pleasure of studying trumpet under Roy Poper when he attended California State University at North Ridge. Over his ## years of experience, Gino has served as the caption head for The Cadets, Cadets 2, Santa Clara Vanguard, the Reading Buccanears, Magic of Orlando, and as an instructor for the Blue Devils. Gino is an esteemed consultant and adjudicator has to marching bands, jazz bands, concert bands and drum and bugle corps across the United States, Canada and Korea.

Michael began his performance career in North Carolina and his performance experience includes, The Cavaliers color guard 1996 – 2000, The Company 1998 and 1999, Crown guard 2000, and Pride of Cincinnati in 2001. Michael then spent a year as an original member of the first U.S. National tour of Blast! Michael currently resides in Indianapolis with his wife and two children, where he is the program coordinator for the Carmel High School Marching Band and a color guard designer for Avon, Carmel, Center Grove, and Northview High School Marching Bands and Winter Guards. He has been choreographing and designing for these programs since 2004, which has resulted in 16 WGI scholastic world-class medals and five BOA grand national championships. Michael recently directed the Boston Crusaders' indoor program "Inspire" and served as designer for the Pride of Cincinnati. Michael has been the driving force behind the Boston Crusaders Color Guard since 2017, leading the team to earn two consecutive George Zingali Best Color Guard Awards in 2018 and 2019. Previously, Michael led the color guard at Carolina Crown Color Guard from 2003-2016, earning both a championship ring and a Zingali Award during his 13 years.

Colin has served as the Director of Percussion since 2017. Previously, Colin worked with The Cadets Percussion Staff from 2007-2016. 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 was inducted into The Cadets Hall of Fame in 2016. 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.