It was an incredibly busy and exciting weekend for Ascend Performing Arts. Not only did the Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps move in for all-day rehearsals, the Ascend team was able to attend the 10th annual Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon as a Charity Partner.
The Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble, the Broncos Stampede Drum Line and Broncos Brass will be performing on Sunday morning for the runners along the race route for the Colfax Marathon, Marathon Relay and 10-Miler races.
An open letter from Mark Arnold, Executive Director of Ascend Performing Arts highlighting the conclusion of a very successful 2015 season for the Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble.
Are you planning on attending the 10th annual Colfax Marathon weekend on May 16th and 17th? Consider volunteering for Ascend Performing Arts and support the Blue Knights!
In the performing arts world there is no off-season, especially where Winter Guard International is the performer’s hotspot for elementary to collegiate-level students who want to participate competitively. A commentary by Sarah Anderson, Communications & Marketing Intern.
DENVER, CO – From March 16th through March 20th, Ascend Performing Arts, is joining the
Ascend Performing Arts/Blue Knights will have a booth in the exhibit hall all three days that will see over 26,000 attendees at the 2015 Texas Music Educators Association conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Music and arts programs are being cut and/or diminished throughout the country. Countless studies show that the benefits of these classes are vast and last a lifetime. What other academic subject or activity engages the whole brain and, in the case of marching band, the whole body? Something must be done…
Did you know? A Harris Poll found that 73% of CEOs from “Fortune 1000” companies were involved in music programs in high school. Read this article from Penny Ray about how music programs give our students practice and experience in skills that reach far beyond musical notes and instruments…
