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Megan Hobbs

St. Ambrose University / Colts Drum and Bugle Corps
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Megan has been involved in the marching arts since 2007, participating in marching percussion in her hometown of Kenosha, WI. Her introduction to drum corps was with the Kilties Drum & Bugle Corps in 2010, winning the DCA I&E marimba competition in 2011. She also attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she pursued a degree in percussion performance and music education. Her world class marching experience includes the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps and Rhythm X. She has also participated in professional entertainment ensembles as a bass drummer, including the Milwaukee Bucks Drumline and Tundraline, the official drumline of the Green Bay Packers. 

Her previous educational appointments include work as a technician, coordinator, arranger, and consultant. Her experience spans front ensemble and battery instruction with various high schools in Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa, and also includes ConneXus Percussion, the Kilties Drum & Bugle Corps, the Colt Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps, where she was the percussion caption head and front ensemble arranger. She is currently on percussion staff with the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps. 

Megan has been with St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa since 2019, where she began working as a battery technician and teaching artist. Since then, she has spearheaded the addition of a front ensemble to the Fighting Bee Marching Band, as well as starting the competitive Indoor Marching Arts program at SAU. In 2022, Megan was appointed Director of Athletic Bands and Director of Indoor Marching Arts at St. Ambrose University, which houses both a competitive winter guard and indoor percussion program. Under her leadership, the SAU Indoor Percussion ensemble was a WGI A Class World Championship Finalist in their first two years of existence, 2022-2023. She also runs percussion studies and chamber percussion ensembles on campus.