Accomplishments


Trumbull High School Percussion Ensemble

2016 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 8th Place
2016 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 2nd Place

2015 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 6th Place
2015 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 2nd Place

2014 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 11th Place
2014 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 2nd Place

2013 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 4th Place
2013 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 1st Place

2012 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 8th Place
2012 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 1st Place

2011 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 11th Place
2011 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 2nd Place

2010 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 5th Place
2010 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 1st Place

2009 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 2nd Place
2009 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 1st Place

2008 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 2nd Place
2008 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 1st Place

2007 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 11th Place
2007 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 1st Place

2006 Winter Guard International Scholastic Open - 8th Place
2006 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 1st Place

2005 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic Open - 1st Place

2004 Musical Arts Conference Scholastic "A" - 1st Place
THSGEMB & Fall Percussion Placements

2016 US Bands Nationals Class VI - 1st Place Best Percussion
2016 Musical Arts Conference National Class - 2nd Place
2016 Bands Of America Newark Regional - 1st Place

2015 Musical Arts Conference National Class - Best Percussion
2015 Musical Arts Conference National Class - 1st Place
 
2014 Musical Arts Conference National Class - Best Percussion
2014 Musical Arts Conference National Class - 2nd Place

2013 Musical Arts Conference National Class - Best Percussion
2013 Musical Arts Conference National Class - 2nd Place 
 
2012 Musical Arts Conference National Class - 2nd Place

2011 Musical Arts Conference National Class - 1st Place 

2010 Musical Arts Conference Class V - Best Percussion
2010 Musical Arts Conference Class V - 1st Place 

2009 Musical Arts Conference Class V - Best Percussion 
2009 Musical Arts Conference Class V - 2nd Place

2008 Musical Arts Conference Class V - Best Percussion
2008 Musical Arts Conference Class V - 2nd Place 

2007 Musical Arts Conference Class V - Best Percussion 
2007 Musical Arts Conference Class V - 1st Place

2006 Musical Arts Conference Class V - Best Percussion 
2006 Musical Arts Conference Class V - 1st Place

2005 Musical Arts Conference Class V - Best Percussion
2005 Musical Arts Conference Class V - 2nd Place 


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Our history

While Trumbull Percussion has performed with the marching band for over 25 years, the Trumbull Winter Percussion Ensemble was re-established the winter of 2003. The Ensemble began to compete locally in “Festival Class” (performing music while standing still). The Show was called "A Bolling Suite".

In 2004, the Ensemble moved to Marching “A” Class (performing music while marching). The Ensemble’s show based on the “Pirates of the Caribbean” earned first place at the Musical Arts Conference (MAC) Championships.

The 2005 Ensemble, performed “One” (music by the Dream Theater), and was promoted to Scholastic Open Class. It placed first at the MAC Championships and was undefeated in the New England Scholastic Band Association (NESBA) and Winter Guard International (WGI) regional competitions.

In 2006 the Ensemble performed a show based on the musical “Jekyl and Hyde.” Again they took first place in the MAC Championships. Exceptionally, in their first appearance in worldwide competition, the Ensemble placed 8th in the WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio against 41 of the finest high school percussion ensembles.

Now competing on a world stage, 2007 found the ensemble performing an original show titled “Contrasts.” Undefeated in a season of MAC competitions, they once again took first place in the MAC Championships. In their second appearance on the world wide stage they placed eleventh.

In 2008, after six short seasons, the Ensemble nearly reached its penultimate. With an original show titled “The Science of Music,” the ensemble had an undefeated season and took home its fifth first place in MAC Championships. And then in their third appearance at the WGI World Championships, the ensemble placed second and took home a silver medal in scholastic open class.

In 2009, the Ensemble brought the original show "Fear" to the MAC and WGI.  The MAC State Championships once again saw the Ensemble in first place (the sixth year in a row) and in their fourth appearance at the WGI World Championships, another second place and silver medal in scholastic open class. 
 
The 2010 season brought a different look to the Ensemble, as they explored World Music and presented their show, "Triad". This show was based on the Hindu Triad, a God made up Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and  Shiva, the Destroyer. This effort led to their 7th MAC Championship title, being a WGI New England Regional Gold Medalist, and a 5th consecutive placement in the WGI World Championship Open Finals Round, taking 5th place in the top 12 units.
 
The 2011 presentation is entitled "Heart", and creates a musical setting of Edgar Allen Poe's "Tell Tale Heart". With limited vocal selections from the text, the ensemble interacts with the important symbolism of the story, stressing the "eye", the "heart beat", and the growing paranoia of the narrator.  The Ensemble will participated in the Trumbull CT. and Norristown, PA. Regional events, and World Championships in Dayton for the 6th consecutive season. They placed 11th in the Finals round.
 
The 2012 season saw the initiation of an A-line Program,  in addition to our Open Program. The A-Line Show was called "Conversation", using famous quotes and movie lines that referred to "talking". The score, written by Dave Brush, explored various styles and tempos, and was very successful, culminating in the MAC Scholastic A-Line Championship.  The Open Program continued to perform strong with their emotional show "Goodbye", exploring the many times throughout a person's life that you say "goodbye". With a strong showing in two WGI regionals, Trumbull Open went to WGI Championships for the 7th year in a row, and placed 8th in the finals round.  No other Open Scholastic program has acheived this finalist status for this length of time.
 
Many changes came to the ensemble for the 2013 season, as we went in a new direction with our musical arrangers, a new drill designer, and an addition of some key staff.  These decisions led to the 2013 production, "The Traveler" finishing in 4th place at the WGI PSO Championships, a Trumbull WGI Regional Champion, and a MAC Open Champion. This was our 8th consecutive finals performance in Dayton.

The 2014 season was our second year working with the talented John Mapes & Ian Grom of Box Six Productions.  The show was called Mirage, with the storyline of finding water throughout the production.  The ending featured a complete floor change, as well as blue LED lights on the battery instruments.  The ensemble finished 11th, making its 9th consecutive open class finals appearance.  

In 2015, the percussion ensemble was under new direction for the first time in 12 years, and featured a brand new music arranger - David Reeves.  The show saw an aggressive and dark theme entitled, "Light Amidst The Darkness."  The floor featured a light and dark variety, with a light in the back left corner.  The ensemble made a bold statement in its prelims performance, thus earning their 10th consecutive appearance in PSO Finals, with a 6th place finish.

The 2016 season was a complete 180 from the year before.  The show was entitled "What Goes Up..." and featured clouds, arrows, balloons, and red balls.  Once again the music was arranged by David Reeves, and thus earned the ensemble a win in the music caption at WGI.  The ensemble performed two great runs in Dayton, and finished 8th place in PSO Finals.