Chromium Inactive for 2025

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From The Cavaliers website:

Chromium Winds Takes Strategic Pause For 2024-2025 Season



ROSEMONT, IL — The Cavaliers Arts, Performance & Education (CAPE) today announces that Chromium Winds, its acclaimed indoor winds program, will be taking a brief hiatus for the upcoming season in order to elevate future programming.



During this strategic pause, Chromium and CAPE will focus on assembling a world-class administrative and instructional team, ensuring that Chromium Winds returns with an even more exceptional experience for its dedicated members.



"Our commitment to providing the highest quality music education experiences remains unwavering," said Robert Baker-Hargrove, CEO of CAPE. "We believe that taking this time to carefully curate our team will enable us to deliver a program that truly inspires and empowers young musicians."



CAPE is excited about the future of Chromium Winds and looks forward to sharing more details about its revitalized program in the coming months.

[Subito Fortissimo]

The explanation doesn't sound like it's a money issue but rather a staffing issue. Which seems a bit surprising to me as a reason to go inactive, especially for a group that is supported by The Cavaliers.

[cinnamonpromenade]

Aug 22, 2024 5:30:43 GMT -6 Subito Fortissimo said:

The explanation doesn't sound like it's a money issue but rather a staffing issue. Which seems a bit surprising to me as a reason to go inactive, especially for a group that is supported by The Cavaliers.

My guess is that they want to prioritize their time and money on their drum corps. I believe they've fired their entire drum corps staff and are still assembling their new team.

This is just speculation, though. Perhaps there's no overlapping of resources (e.g., personnel/time/money) between the Cavaliers and Chromium.

[Subito Fortissimo]

Aug 23, 2024 11:29:07 GMT -6 cinnamonpromenade said:

Aug 22, 2024 5:30:43 GMT -6 Subito Fortissimo said:

The explanation doesn't sound like it's a money issue but rather a staffing issue. Which seems a bit surprising to me as a reason to go inactive, especially for a group that is supported by The Cavaliers.

My guess is that they want to prioritize their time and money on their drum corps. I believe they've fired their entire drum corps staff and are still assembling their new team.

This is just speculation, though. Perhaps there's no overlapping of resources (e.g., personnel/time/money) between the Cavaliers and Chromium.

That would make some sense after the difficult season the corps just had. I don't know how much staff overlap, if any, there was between the corps and the winds group but with indoor auditions fast approaching and 2025 DCI auditions really right around the corner as well it would make sense to prioritize the corps for now and then hopefully be able to bring back the winds group for 2026.

[yayband914]

Aug 23, 2024 11:29:07 GMT -6 cinnamonpromenade said:

Aug 22, 2024 5:30:43 GMT -6 Subito Fortissimo said:

The explanation doesn't sound like it's a money issue but rather a staffing issue. Which seems a bit surprising to me as a reason to go inactive, especially for a group that is supported by The Cavaliers.

My guess is that they want to prioritize their time and money on their drum corps. I believe they've fired their entire drum corps staff and are still assembling their new team.

This is just speculation, though. Perhaps there's no overlapping of resources (e.g., personnel/time/money) between the Cavaliers and Chromium.

I don’t think they fired their ENTIRE staff, but there have definitely been quite a few shakeups.