Black Star Drum Line has performed over 600 shows in the State of Wisconsin and Madison community to date. Some past performance highlights were playing for 25,000 people at "Lifest" in 2012, opening for Rapper B.O.B. at a UW-Whitewater "Welcoming" event in 2014, and 12 "standing room" only shows at Overture Center's "Kids In The Rotunda".
Mission
TO UNIFY AND EMPOWER YOUTH ARTIST
with music education and cultural enrichment with an emphasis on percussive arts, community service and providing resources to help cultivate professional careers in music and the percussive arts.
BLACK STAR DRUMLINE
Est. 2008
BLACK STAR DRUMLINE WAS CREATED AND FOUNDED IN 2008
BY DIRECTOR JOEY B. BANKS TO GIVE KIDS IN THE MADISON COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION THROUGH THE "PERCUSSIVE ARTS".
BSDL WAS
THE FIRST JR. DRUMLINE
IN THE NBA
The group just recently became the first junior drumline in the NBA as the Milwaukee Bucks "Mini Beats" Drum Line where they performed at 8 home games during the 2016-2017 NBA
MEET THE MEMBERS OF BLACK STAR DRUM LINE
The ages of the members of the Black Star Drum Line ranges from 9-18 years old.
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Aidan Nunez Clark
Instrument: Cymbals
School: Badger Ridge
Age: 11
5 years in BSDL
BLACK STAR DRUM LINE NOT ONLY TEACHES SKILLS IN DRUMMING, MUSIC, AND PERFORMANCE, IT ALSO CREATES PROGRESSIVE MODELS OF LEADERSHIP, CHARACTER BUILDING, DISCIPLINE, AND TEAMWORK SKILLS FOR ALL YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATE. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR PERFORMANCES AND BECOME A FAN OF
BLACK STAR DRUM LINE PERFORMANCE GROUP.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
BLACK STAR
ACADEMY
Empower youth to achieve their full potential
through the performing arts
The Vision:
A Black Star Academy facility would be a home to the Black Star Drum Line, the Milwaukee Bucks Jr. Drum Line and multiple performing arts programs. The facility would be a multi-use facility designed for music and arts education programs and rehearsal space for the drum lines, large performance groups and ensembles. BSA is currently looking at the Town of Verona site as a potential site for this facility. The BSA facility would allow the Academy to expand the D.R.U. M. Program to its original capacity of 80-100 students while located at local Boys and Girls Club in 2013. The goal would then be to grow the program to include 100-200 students in the next year (2018). The facility would also be available to outside arts organizations to access for events, rehearsals, education programs, workshops and clinics. The facility would be open to all of the Madison and surrounding areas but would primarily focus on serving the immediate Verona, Madison west side area Schools (MMSD) and the Middleton School District to start.
Our goal is to have a facility and have over 100 youth enrolled in the Academy program by Summer of 2017 and have our first Black Star Academy Summer Camp at our new facility.