Clay Wachholz joins Northern Star staff
Northern Star Drum & bugle Corps has announced the addition of Clay Wachholz to their teaching staff. Clay will be joining the corps as a consultant to the brass team and will be visiting the corps at three camps over the course of the year, starting with February's camp this coming weekend. Northern Star Drum & bugle Corps has announced the addition of Clay Wachholz to their teaching staff. Clay will be joining the corps as a consultant to the brass team and will be visiting the corps at three camps over the course of the year, starting with February's camp this coming weekend.
Clay Wachholz has been involved in the drum & bugle corps activity as a performer and teacher for 26 years. As a baritone player he marched with the Thunderbolts (1979), Pioneer (1980-1984), and Madison Scouts (1985-1989). He went on to teach the Madison Scouts brass section from 1991 to 1997. In 1998 he spent three years with the Capital Sound only to return to the Madison Scouts full time in 2001.
Wachholz is presently a teacher on the brass staff of the Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps. He has degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (BA) and the University of Michigan (MM). An active clinician, he has given clinics on brass performance in England, Japan, Brazil and Argentina. He is currently the Director of Bands at the International School of Brussels.
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