Chuck Naffier

Chuck has been involved in the marching arts activity since 1980 as a performer, instructor, arranger, composer, and program coordinator. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music Education degree from the University of Northern Colorado and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in Music Education at VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. Chuck got his start as a performer and soloist with the Colts Drum & Bugle Corps of Dubuque, IA. Throughout the 90’s he worked for the Colts as a brass arranger, brass caption supervisor, and program coordinator. Named to the Colts “Hall of Fame” in 2003, Chuck returned in 2014 and 2015 to serve as their brass arranger. He also worked with the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps (San Antonio, TX) as a brass arranger and program coordinator from 2000-2003 and again from 2011-2014. An accomplished jazz musician, Chuck is an active performer and arranger/composer in the jazz idiom. His work can be heard from groups such as the The Denver Brass, Al Chez & The Brothers of Funk, and the Fort Collins Symphony. He was formerly the band director at Poudre High School (Fort Collins, CO), director of sound engineering and electronic music at Santaluces High School (Boyton Beach, FL), and guitar instructor at Lake Park High School (Lake Park, IL). Chuck is an active music adjudicator and clinician throughout the U.S. and he currently serves as the band director at Hawthorne Middle School South in Vernon Hills, IL. Chuck Naffier was the Brass Caption Manager of the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps in 2019. He joined the Seattle Cascades Drum And Bugle Corps as Brass Designer and Caption Supervisor for the 2020 season.