Overview
Richard Hinshaw
I create custom visual designs for marching bands, drum and bugle corps, indoor percussion ensembles, indoor color guards, and indoor wind ensembles. I can provide show concepts, program coordination, consultation, outdoor drill design, indoor staging design, and rehearsal assistance.
Jennifer Hinshaw
I am a freelance choreographer and dance educator who provides color guard choreography, wind musician choreography, and percussion choreography. I also offer multiple-level technique instruction in person or virtually.
Work Experience
Richard Hinshaw
I am a visual designer and music educator with 28 years of experience in the Marching Arts. After growing up in central Indiana, I studied trumpet at the Indiana University School of Music while also performing in the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps. Following my performing career, I crafted visual composition and show design skills under the mentorship of Daniel Wiles, Leon May, Michael Raiford, Michael McIntosh, Don Click, and Jay Webb.
I am currently the drill designer and lead visual instructor for the Avon High School Marching Black & Gold, who are three-time BOA Grand National Champions (2008, 2009, 2010) with fourteen straight top three placements at BOA Grand Nationals (2007-2021). I serve in the same roles for the Avon Indoor Winter Percussion, perennial WGI Scholastic World Finalists (2002-2019). I’m enjoying my 20th year working with the nationally-acclaimed bands, percussion ensembles, and color guards at Avon.
On the Drum Corps International Tour, I design for The Cavaliers from Rosemont, IL (2012, 2016-Present) and the Colts from Dubuque, IA (2017-Present). I have also designed for The Academy from Tempe, AZ (2009-2013).
As a freelance designer, I also worked with several high-achieving indoor ensembles. From 2012-2016, I designed for Gateway Indoor Percussion (WGI PIW Finalists in each of those years). From 2014-2018, I was the staging designer for the Colerain High School Winter Guard, who were WGI Scholastic A Color Guard Finalists in 2017 and 2018. I am currently a visual designer for Monarch Independent Percussion, WGI PIO Finalists in 2016, and WGI PIW Finalists in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Since 2011, I have served on the esteemed WGI Percussion Advisory Board, where I collaborate with top designers and instructors from around the country to help shape the future of indoor marching percussion. I also enjoy being a freelance adjudicator for marching band, winter guard, and indoor percussion competitions around the country.
I reside in Avon, IN, with my wife, Jennifer, and our children McKinley, Coleman, and Annalise.
Education
Richard Hinshaw
History and Secondary Education, Xavier University; Music Education, Indiana University
Jennifer Hinshaw
Bachelor’s in Dance Education, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
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