Chris Garza is returning to the Blue Knights after being a member in 2012 and 2014. He attributes much of his success to the lessons and the impact that experience continues to have on him every day. In 2021 he spent his summer on brass staff with the Mandarins. In 2022 he joins the Blue Knights brass staff for the 2023 season, where he hopes to give back a fraction of what the drum corps has given to him.

Away from drum corps, Chris Garza is a band director in Allen ISD at Ereckson Middle School where he conducts 2 ensembles. He loves seeing his kids go on to join the “Allen Escadrille”, the largest marching band in all of the United States, and finds total joy in fostering a love for music and music education for all students.