Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps


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 competitions.

History

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Genesis was founded in September, 2009 by Chris Magonigal, Dillon Ingle, Aaron Sandoval, and Robert Flores 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, on May 21, 2010, DCI announced that Genesis was approved to compete in that summer's competitive season.
In its inaugural season, Genesis surprised many with its crowd-pleasing Latin-jazz program when it premiered at home in Texas. The corps then toured to Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio en route to the DCI Open Class World Championships in Michigan City, Indiana where the 69 member corps placed 9th of 16 corps.
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. With 76 members in 2011 and 84 in 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. The 2011 corps won DCI's "Most Improved Corps" award for Open Class.
2013 saw the corps grow to 113 members, and its "mOZaic" program, featuring music from multiple "Oz" sources helped the corps rise to a 3rd-place finish at DCI Open Class Championships. Genesis then competed in the DCI World Class World Championships at Indianapolis, advancing to semifinals, placing 23rd, 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.
On January 17, 2014, Genesis announced that the corps was moving its operations from Edinburg to Austin, Texas. Posting on the corps’ website, 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.

Sponsorship

Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps is a registered non-profit 501 musical organization which has a Board of Directors, director, and staff assigned to carry out its mission. 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(2010–2020)

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Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist; pale purple background indicates Open Class finalist and World Class semifinalist.
YearThemeRepertoireScorePlacement
2010One Night in the ValleyQuien Sabe & La Suerte de los Tontos by Johnny Richards /
Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma and Jacques Prévert, adapted by Johnny Mercer /
Mambo Inn by Mario Bauzá, Edgar Sampson, and Bobby Woodlen /
23 Degrees N, 82 Degrees W by Bill Russo / Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona		84.0009th Open Class
2011Big Top After DarkScenes of a Psychotic Circus by Key Poulan / Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim86.850
65.800		6th Open Class
30th World Class
2012EpicStrength of 1,000 Men by Thomas J. Bergersen / Someone Like You by Adele Adkins and Dan Wilson /
Original music by Edward Gobble / United We Stand, Divided We Fall by Thomas J. Bergersen		84.650
63.500		6th Open Class
29th World Class
2013mOZaicOver the Rainbow, We're Off to See the Wizard, If I Only a Brain, and Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead! from The Wizard of Oz
by Herbert Stothart, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, and Modest Mussorgsky /
Ease on Down the Road from The Wiz by Charlie Smalls / For Good from Wicked by Stephen Schwartz /
Brain Damage by Pink Floyd / Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky		91.550
74.650		3rd Open Class
23rd World Class
2014Art of DarknessStrength of 1,000 Men & United We Stand, Divided We Fall by Thomas J. Bergersen /
Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell / Mad World by Roland Orzabal		77.900
74.075		3rd Open Class
23rd World Class
2015Phantom RevisitedThe Music of the Night / All I Ask of You / Masquerade / Think of Me / Angel of Music /
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again / plus quotes from all the other tunes
from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber		75.750
73.500		4th Open Class
22nd World Class
2016Hell Hath No FuryDance of Vengeance from Medea by Samuel Barber /
Selections from Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev / Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota /
My Heart is Broken by Amy Lee, Terry Balsamo, Tim McCord, Will Hunt, and Zach Williams /
Dies Irae from Requiem Mass by Giuseppe Verdi / Uninvited by Alanis Morissette		75.250
73.375		4th Open Class
23rd World Class
2017The Other Side of NowHide and Seek by Imogen Heap / Blue Shades by Frank Ticheli /
Master of Puppets by Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich /
Land of Confusion by Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, and Phil Collins /
Habanera by Georges Bizet / Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell /
Pure Imagination by Leslie Bricusse, & Anthony Newley		76.21323rd
2018RetroVertigoThe Day Begins by Peter Knight and Graeme Edge / The Rhythm of the Heat by Peter Gabriel /
Retrovertigo by Trevor Dunn / None of Them Knew They Were Robots by Trey Spruance
Inside Straight by John Zorn / Enter Sandman by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett /
Hope by Jonathan Elias / Qué Sera Sera by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans		74.47524th
2019From the Ground UpOrganic Forest & Bulldozers and the Height of Industry by Key Poulan, Dave Marvin, Dan Bryan, and Shawn Glyde /
The Sound of War by Susanne Sundfør / The Corinthian Song by V. Michael McKay /
Original music by Key Poulan, Dave Marvin, Dan Bryan, and Shawn Glyde		78.72520th
2020Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic