RamCorps Showcases UM's Musical Talent

RamCorps, UM’s elite drum and bugle corps, has kicked off another exciting season of instrumentation. This year, the 19-member group consists of Brad Cleveland, Ray Harper, Brad Threadgill, Kyle Crutchfield and Matthew Squires on trumpet; Nathan Neely, Leah Kathryn Mills and Nathaniel James on mellophone; Christopher Anest and Stephen Johnson on tuba; Daniel Ayotte, Jason Montz and Jeremy Messer on trombone; Duston Moore on baritone; and Jonathan Hart, Matt Brashier, Jessica Dorman, Austin Wylly and Randy Howe on drums.

During the 2004-05 season, RamCorps played over 70 venues in the southeastern United States. The group performed at the Alabama Policy Institute dinner with Oliver North, the UM Christmas Spectacular and StarLight at the University of Mobile. It has also showcased its talent at BayBears games, in college and high school gymnasiums and in church auditoriums. The group represents the University of Mobile locally and even internationally, with a missions tour of Germany scheduled for Summer ’06.

Upcoming events include a performance at the UM Scholarship Banquet on Oct. 13 at the Mobile Convention Center, which will feature Newt Gingrich as keynote speaker.

For more information on RamCorps, visit the University of Mobile website at www.umobile.edu or call the UM Center for Performing Arts at 442-2420.