NYMA Board of Directors Welcomes Brian Fisher

The Northwest Youth Music Association is thrilled to announce that Brian Fisher has accepted a position on our Board of Directors. Brian adds “I am very excited to be asked to join the Board of the Seattle Cascades, I feel I have many years of experience and knowledge I can give as we chart the exciting new future and the next direction of the organization.”

Brian began his pageantry career as a French horn player in both middle school and high school on the west coast of Florida. After high school he became a charter member of the Suncoast Sound Drum & Bugle Corps playing French horn the first year in the corps and then serving as drum major his last 3 years. After aging out, he spent 4 years as the tour director for the corps while simultaneously attending and graduating from Southeastern Louisiana University with a BA in Business Administration in 1987.

Brian’s professional career spans many years of sales, project management and customer service roles for family-owned businesses to fortune 500 companies. He returned to the pageantry world in 2006 with the DCI Open Class corps Teal Sound, as President of Teal Sound Inc.. He held that position until the end of the 2010 season when the corps completed its first season in World Class. Brian continues to give back to the pageantry arts community as a sought-after event coordinator of both outdoor and indoor pageantry events. He has organized events for circuits all over the country including Drum Corps International, Winter Guard International, Northwest Association for Performing Arts, Florida Federation of Colorguard Circuits and the Winterguard Association of Southern California.

After living most of his life in Florida, Brian and his wife Christine now live in Portland Oregon with their dog Boo. For more information, please visit https://seattlecascades.org/board