Director of Bands

Jay Gephart is the Director of Purdue Bands. He is in charge of all of the bands and everything that they do. He also helps organize events for the band to participate in. Gephart has been Director of Bands since 2006. Below is a link that has more information about Gephart and his history.

http://www.purdue.edu/bands/dept/staff/gephart.html

Drum Major

A drum major is in charge of conducting a marching band. They will move their arms in a certain pattern they can control how fast or how slow the band goes. With out the drum major the marching band cannot perform efficiently. The link below has some basic information about drum majors and some of the different conducting skills they have to have.
http://www.sythe.org/archives/423543-art-conducting-drum-major.html