Brad Green

Brass Caption Head

Bradley Kerr Green has been appointed brass caption head for the 2008 season. Brad began his drum corps career as a euphonium player for the Cadets of Bergen County in 1995. He aged-out as Drum Major for The Cadets in 1998, where the corps earned its seventh DCI World Championship title and Brad was presented with the Jim Jones Leadership award.

From 1999 to 2004 Brad was a member of the theatrical production Blast! serving as conductor, trombonist, and euphonium performer. From 2001-2004 he was the brass supervisor/manager for the Broadway, Anaheim, and National Touring casts of BLAST.

In 2004 Brad assumed the role of Brass Caption Head for the Blue Knights drum and bugle corps, assisting in bringing the corps back into the top 10. In 2006 he joined the brass staff for the Santa Clara Vanguard drum and bugle corps; he then assumed the role of Assistant Brass Caption Head in 2007, where the corps returned to the top 5.

Brad has served as an instructor, adjudicator, and arranger/composer for marching bands and drum and bugle corps across the United States. From 1995 to 1999, he completed course work for Music Education at the University of North Texas. Currently, Brad resides in New York City, where he is completing his studies in Liberal Arts from The New School University.

"I am honored and extremely excited to be given the opportunity to work with the Blue Stars. The corps is saturated with some of the finest instructors, designers, and administrative staff the activity has to offer. The progress of the corps has been inspirational as an outside observer, and I look forward to the continued advancement of that progress."