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Jim Sturgeon

100 assignments·2013–2025

About

Jim Sturgeon is a visual adjudicator, clinician, and professional designer for drum corps, marching bands, and color guards who judges for Drum Corps International, Bands of America, Winter Guard International, and many regional circuits. A former performer with the Madison Scouts and Glassmen drum corps and the Pride of Cincinnati Winter Guard, he has served at multiple DCI World Championships in visual captions, including Visual Proficiency (2022), Visual Analysis (2024), and General Effect.

Assignments

DCI Open Class World Championship Finals
2025
Visual Proficiency
Innovations In Brass
2025
Visual Proficiency
DCI Michigan
2025
Color Guard
DCI St. Louis
2025
Visual - Analysis
So Cal Classic: Open Class Pacific Championship Finals
2025
Visual Proficiency
Corps Encore
2025
Visual - Analysis
Drums Along the Rockies
2025
Visual Proficiency
DCI World Championship Semifinals
2024
Visual - Analysis
Innovations In Brass
2024
Visual - Analysis
DCI Eastern Classic
2024
Visual - Analysis
DCI Eastern Classic
2024
Visual - Analysis
DCI Delaware
2024
Visual Proficiency
The Masters of the Summer Music Games
2024
Visual - Analysis
Northwest Youth Music Games Boise
2024
Visual - Analysis
DCI World Championship Finals
2023
Visual Proficiency
The Masters of the Summer Music Games
2023
Visual - Analysis
DCI Southwestern Championship
2023
Visual Proficiency
DCI Houston
2023
Visual - Analysis
Western Corps Connection
2023
General Effect 1
Corps at the Crest - San Diego
2023
Color Guard
DCI World Championship Semifinals
2022
Visual Proficiency
DCI Eastern Classic
2022
Visual Proficiency
DCI Eastern Classic
2022
Visual Proficiency
Whitewater Classic
2022
General Effect 1
DCI West
2022
Visual Proficiency
DCI Capital Classic
2022
Color Guard
Drums Across the Desert
2022
General Effect 1
DCI World Championship Finals
2019
Color Guard
DCI Eastern Classic
2019
Visual Proficiency
DCI Eastern Classic
2019
Visual Proficiency
DCI Broken Arrow
2019
Color Guard
Drums Across Kansas
2019
Visual Proficiency
Tour of Champions - Northern Illinois
2019
Visual Proficiency
Seattle Summer Music Games
2019
Visual Proficiency
Drums of Fire
2019
Color Guard
DCI Crossroads
2019
Visual - Analysis
Innovations in Brass: North Canton
2019
Visual - Analysis
Drum Corps at the Cinema: 2019 DCI Tour Premiere
2019
Color Guard
DCI World Championship Finals
2018
Visual - Analysis
DCI Eastern Classic
2018
Visual - Analysis
DCI Eastern Classic
2018
Visual - Analysis
The Masters of the Summer Music Games
2018
Color Guard
DCI Birmingham
2018
Color Guard
Western Corps Connection
2018
Visual - Analysis
Drum Corps at the Rose Bowl
2018
Visual Proficiency
Corps at the Crest - San Diego
2018
Visual - Analysis
Innovations in Brass
2018
Visual Proficiency
DCI World Championship Prelims
2017
General Effect 1
Soaring Sounds 38
2017
General Effect 1
Emerald City Music Games
2017
Visual - Analysis
NightBEAT Tour of Champions
2017
General Effect 1
Brass Impact
2017
Color Guard
DCI Northern Kentucky presented by Lone Star Percussion
2017
General Effect 1Visual - Analysis
DCI Martin
2017
Visual - Analysis
Summer Music Games in Cincinnati
2017
General Effect 1
The Whitewater Classic
2017
Visual - Analysis
DCI Open Class World Championships Prelims
2016
Visual - Analysis
Shadow Showcase
2016
Visual - Analysis
A Blast in the Burg
2016
Visual - Analysis
Petunia City Brass
2016
General Effect 1
DCI Western Illinois
2016
Visual - Analysis
Show of Shows Waukesha
2016
Visual - Analysis
Legends Drum Corps Invitational
2016
Visual - Analysis
DCI Capital Classic Corps Show
2016
Visual Proficiency
Loudest Show on Earth
2016
Color Guard
Innovations in Brass - Pittsburgh
2016
Visual - Analysis
DCI Tour Premiere presented by French Lick Resort
2016
Color Guard
DCI World Championships Open Class Championship Finals
2015
Visual Proficiency
North Iowa Festival of Brass
2015
Visual Proficiency
Shoreman Brass Classic
2015
Visual Proficiency
A Blast in the Burg
2015
Visual - Analysis
Tournament Of Drums
2015
Visual Proficiency
Hamilton Drum Corps Classic
2015
Visual Proficiency
So Cal Classic Open Class Championship
2015
General Effect 1
Gold Showcase at the Ranch
2015
Visual - Analysis
Resound
2015
Visual Proficiency
DCI World Championship Semifinals
2014
Visual Proficiency
Soaring Sounds 35
2014
Visual Proficiency
The Masters of the Summer Music Games
2014
Visual - Analysis
DCI Dallas presented by North Texas Festival of Drums and Bugles
2014
Visual - Analysis
DCI Southwestern Championship @ The Alamodome
2014
Visual - Analysis
Western Corps Connection
2014
Visual - Analysis
Corps at the Crest Los Angeles
2014
Visual Proficiency
Corps at the Crest San Diego
2014
Visual Proficiency
Drum in the Bluegrass
2014
Visual - Analysis
Innovations in Brass: Akron, The 2014 DCI Tour Premiere
2014
Visual - Analysis
DCI Championships Open Class Championship Finals
2013
Visual - Analysis
Music to the Core
2013
Visual - Analysis
The Music Man's Festival of Brass
2013
Visual Proficiency
The Music Man’s Festival of Brass
2013
Visual Proficiency
Rhythm Across Rice Lake
2013
Visual Proficiency
The Thunder of Drums
2013
General Effect 1
River City Rhapsody - Rochester
2013
Visual - Analysis