Seth Adams returns to the Blue Stars for his second year as the director and arranger of the front ensemble program. Seth holds degrees in Music Education and Percussion Performance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he also studied arranging and composition with DCI Hall of Fame inductee Thom Hannum and Canadian composer Dr. Carl Wiens. As an arranger, Seth has shared writing credit for drum corps and marching band shows with Thom Hannum, Colin McNutt, Michael Klesch, Wayne Downey, Daisuke Okamoto and Jay Bocook, among others. Seth was the arranger and director of the Carolina Crown Front Ensemble for the 2005 and 2006 seasons.

Currently residing in Boston, Seth is an active music educator, composer and performer, and considers it a personal mission to help students of all ages to create and perform original music of their own. He is currently working to realize that mission as a traveling clinician in public schools. Seth is also an avid bass player, having performed and recorded with a number of artists of numerous genres throughout the Northeast.

"I had a great experience working with everyone in the Blue Stars family in 2007," said Seth. "From the administration to the faculty to the members, nothing failed to impress. This is a very special drum corps to call home, and I look forward to every aspect of the coming season!"