Chris Kilian is currently the Brass Caption Head and Staff Coordinator for the six time DCA World Champion Bushwackers Drum & Bugle Corps.

Chris has spent 13 of the last 14 years with the Bushwackers where he is the longest tenured drum major in the history of the corps, serving ten seasons in that role. In addition, he has spent the last six years as a staff member and administrator. Chris was elected to the Bushwackers Drum & Bugle Corps Hall of Fame in 2009 and was the recipient of the prestigious "Scott Yuppa Bushwacker of the
Year" award in 1999.

His elevation to the position of caption head comes after a successful stint as the Program Coordinator and Brass Arranger for the new Fusion Core Drum and Bugle Corps, placing 2nd in Class A in 2008. Mr. Kilian returned to the Bushwackers in 2009 as the caption head and has taken on additional responsibility in 2010 as the Staff Coordinator.

Mr. Kilian studied music composition in college, and is active as a freelance arranger, show designer, instructor and clinician around the country (www.cekiliandesigns.com). Chris is currently the program coordinator for the DCI Open Class corps, the Blue Saints, and is the co-founder of Cadence Artistic Group, a company that provides educational media to music teachers and students. He is a member of the national professional music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and is an Eagle Scout.

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