RMPA Newsletter #6

Welcome to the sixth RMPA Newsletter of the 2026 season! Our First contest was a major success, congratulations to an excellent start to the season! This Newsletter will feature some helpful articles about this time of the year, and will hopefully give everyone some good things to implement in your thought processes!

Best of luck to all the performers and staff as you take the floor for the Frederick show this weekend!

Colin Spear

President, RMPA Board of Directors

• Check and DOUBLE CHECK your Competition Suite information!
• Submit any Hall of Fame submissions here.
• Nominations are due by March 1.
• You can find the final schedule for the Show #2 at Frederick High School HERE

• Saturday, February 21st: RMPA Regular Season Show #2 @ Frederick HS
• Saturday, February 28th: RMPA Regular Season Show #3 @ Lakewood HS

Our first competition of the season was a major success! Here is a recap from the Music Effect judge from that show - Chuck Stephen

RMPA judge and educator Dustin Arndt gives his advice on setting up world percussion instruments in your front ensemble.

Here are some tips and tricks to get the most out of the recap!

Mike Nevin has compiled a couple of great resources for this edition of the RMPA newsletter. There are some great examples of Battery Warmups as well as a few great examples of non-competitive high school percussion ensembles.

Mike has been a driving force for the indoor percussion activity in Colorado since it's inception, and continues to play an active role in supporting the growth of RMPA and percussion in general. For a full bio on Mike, click here.