VISIT BOX5 SOFTWARE
June 1st. 2025
Box5 Software Inc. is thrilled to announce the official release of EnVision Visual Performance Design v2 on May 25, 2025. In development for many years, this new version has had a new framework built… Read More...
If your time is already stretched too thin or you lack extensive visual design training, your best chance for success this fall may be outsourcing your visual design to an expert. Award-winning designer Aaron Hines shared some insights on… Read More...
Tips for Small Marching Band Drill Design
With fewer members than larger ensembles, every detail of a marching band show becomes even more significant for small marching bands. However, with strategic drill design and thoughtful visual… Read More...
I try to stay an entire semester ahead in the form of planning. I don’t really have time to do this, but I certainly do not have time to have my planning go awry. I have found that when making plans months out, if I see the need to make… Read More...
Taking a unique approach to the competition field this year, director Mark D’Angelo and the staff at Wyandotte have determined to do a marching band show about . . . well . . . marching band show. Like all good artistic endeavors, this show… Read More...
“This year’s show design process for the Wyandotte Marching Chiefs of Roosevelt HS was a circuitous path to the final product. The original concept was built around the “In the Arena” quotes and was supposed to support a gladiator theme and… Read More...
Steve Martin Composer/Designer- GPG Music Publications
Roosevelt HS Marching Band, Mark DeAngelo, Director
2011 Show "Heros and Villains"
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"Mid-Season Evaluation"
As a benefit of the amazing technology available to us,… Read More...
Get Inside The Box — And win!
Randy T. Gilmore
I recently saw a comic depicting a boss pointing at a subordinate saying, “You get back to your cubicle and start thinking outside the box!” Other than being an obvious oxymoron, you can… Read More...
"First Thoughts"
The 2011 Wyandotte Marching Chiefs show is entitled "Heroes & Villains". This year, the Wyandotte design team was struggling a bit with the concept development and asked me if I had any shows that I wanted to write.… Read More...
Techniques for Drawing Focus
Scott Kurtzweil
Sounds of the Desert
Music: Lawrence of Arabia, Sandstorm from Hidalgo & Caravan
In the last installment of this series, we discussed basic design elements with regard to… Read More...
Preparing the Marching Show Visual Design
Scott Kurtzweil
I. Degree of Demand (Grade Level)
Before sitting down to design a visual package for a particular ensemble, I like to review video of its previous three years of performances.… Read More...
Show Concept and Design Clinic 2007
Scott Kurtzweil
Banddirector.com was gracious enough to ask me back again this year to provide another series of articles related to show concepts and design. For the 2007 installment of this online… Read More...