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March 27th, 2025
2025 RMPA Yearbook

CLICK HERE to view a collection of memories from the 2024 RMPA Season!

March 1st, 2025
USAFA Base Access

Due to changes in US Government policies as of January 20th, ALL individuals over the age of 18 must fill out the following form to access USAFA for RMPA State Championships

**UPDATE, 3/22, 12pm MT - RE: error message being received by some when pre-registering. From USAFA "Unfortunately, sometimes the system has unexpected errors with specific states or if the information put in is incorrect by one number it might not pull up the correct person and we must abort it. Which gives the “error” message. Guests will need to come into the Pass and ID Office, located at the South Gate, Mon-Sun from 0730-1530 to retrieve a written pass. They will need to bring valid ID. We will make them a pass for the duration of the QR Code they tried to apply for."**

Rocky Mountain Percussion Championships (March 28-30)

This includes performers who are over the age of 18, it is recommended that those under the age of 18 carry their school ID. This form can take up to 24 hours to clear, but should be good for both days (prelims/finals). We recognize that certain questions on this form do not align with the values of RMPA--however, as part of our contract we are subject to the entry policies of the United States Military.

October 30th, 2024
RMPA is excited to host RMPA Championships at Clune Arena, USAFA - Colorado Springs!

March 28th and 29th, 2025

Watch this space for updated information about this year's event

Lodging

RMPA is working with USAFA and Local Hotels to provide discounted rates for emsembles that may wish to stay in Colorado Springs Overnight

Attendance

USAFA has informed RMPA that folks without official ID WILL be allowed on base for the event, information on how this works will be provided closer to the event

Trucks and Security

Ensemble Trucks may remain in the lot overnight, so only once through security!

Venue Updates

The Clune Arena HVAC system has been completely replaced!

Seating in the arena has been completely replaced

WiFi has been upgraded in the arena

RMPA Championships line up with Spring Break at the Academy, so we'll (practically) have the whole place to ourselves!

April 13th, 2024
2024 Digital Yearbook

CLICK HERE to view a collection of memories from the 2024 RMPA Season!

March 27th, 2024
Prelims Food!

Check out the awesome food offered this weekend at Prelims--proceedes will help support the Mountain Range Music Program

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Mission Statement

The mission of RMPA is to provide a competitive and educational performance outlet for Colorado indoor percussion ensembles, with a continual goal of enriching the lives of young performers. RMPA commits to delivering the best venues, hosts, adjudicators, clinicians, sponsors, and volunteers in tandem with contributing to this mission.

Our Story

The Rocky Mountain Percussion Association is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit Colorado based youth organization, that was started in 1991 by a group of percussion instructors, judges and educators who were concerned about the level of percussion training and performance, primarily at the high school level. Steve Yates, Joe Bartko and Ralph Hardimon were the founders of the RMPA and along with Charles Craig formed what is now one of the nation’s premier percussion organizations of its kind. Our main focus is student motivation, educational training, and achievement through the percussion activity.

The association is the governing body of the indoor percussion activity in the Rocky Mountain region and sponsors a series of indoor percussion events, educational clinics and competitions during the winter and spring months.

These programs provide a motivational tool that can help turn non-percussionists and a typical drum section into a cohesive and entertaining percussion ensemble. The nation’s top percussion judges adjudicate all of our competitions.

Since the first event was held in 1993, the RMPA has provided competition and training for over 15,000 students, and has become one of the premier percussion organizations of its kind in the country and serves as a national model by which other organizations are administered and managed.

Winter Percussion

The Winter Percussion Activity was organized to provide a program for the many percussion students participating in a typical marching band during the fall season, but not having a comparable performance outlet during the winter and spring seasons. The traditional jazz band, concert band, wind ensemble, etc. does not involve the larger number of percussion students that a marching band requires.

The first units participating in the percussion activity were primarily from scholastic marching units, utilizing both a battery and pit ensemble in a setting that limited the amount of marching and showmanship. Within a few short years, the number of independent organizations participating in the competitions increased, and the performance venue was enlarged to allow for more development of the visual and theatrical potential of the activity. Soon thereafter, traditional “concert” percussion ensembles were included as an additional performance outlet for student percussionists preferring that genre.

The Rocky Mountain Percussion Association operates under the rules and guidelines of Winter Guard International.

2023-2024 Board of Directors

President - Lauren Maxwell ~ lauren@rmpa.org
Vice President - Scott Wilson ~ scott@rmpa.org
Treasurer - Lori Nonies ~ lori@rmpa.org
Secretary - Lynn Collins ~ lynn@rmpa.org
Contest Liaison - Rachel ZumBrunnen ~ rachel@rmpa.org
Director of Education and Development - Colin Spear ~ colin@rmpa.org
Director of Education and Development - Julian Davidson ~ julian@rmpa.org

2024-2025 Support Team

Financial Secretary - Erin Moore ~ erin@affinity.cpa

Founding Members (circa 1991)

Steve Yates
Ralph Hardimon
Joe Bartko
Charles Craig

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2023 RMPA Member Handbook. This document will be a must-read for all directors, instructors, and performers.

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