Drum Corps, Blind Auditions and Gender Bias in the Music World

As the season for orchestra, concert band and marching band kicks off and as players prepare for their upcoming drum corps auditions, many musicians share a huge concern: sexism and inequality in the music industry. As a fellow musician who has been playing the saxophone since the age of ten, this is also a major concern for me and I believe it should be addressed. To start off, what is a drum & bugle corps? Drum…