2010 marks Pioneer 49th year in DCI competition. The Milwaukee based corps has community roots and an Irish identity that is unmistakable. This year’s show has taken a slightly different direction while maintaining a corps treasure, its “Corps Prayer”. As most Pioneer shows have been obviously Irish music, the design team began looking for ways to maintain their identity. One of these vehicles that made sense was what the “corps prayer” meant to the staff and students. By using words and phrases from the corps prayer, we hope to capture the emotional and intellectual meanings of the words and phrases and what they mean to the people that are saying them. Current Pioneer students and also alumni will remark about what the prayer meant to them. Coordinated musical and visual events are being planned to signify these meanings.

Pioneer is proud to introduce our new winter drumline, Pioneer Pulse!

Pioneer Pulse is based out of Milwaukee, WI and supported by the Pioneer Drum & Bugle Corps. Pioneer Pulse will be the second competing drumline for the corps. In this, our inaugural year, we will be competing in the Minnesota Percussion Association circuit.

Comprised of students ages 14-22, we aim to help students grow and learn to be better percussionists through our ensemble.  If you are interested in auditioning for the Pioneer Pulse, please visit the Pioneer Pulse Website to download audition materials and find out more information about the audition and rehearsal schedule.