BRIAN DIX graduated from Mansfield University in 1982 with a degree in Music Education and earned a Master of Arts in Conducting from George Mason University. Since 1998 Brian has served as Director of "The Commandant's Own," The United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps and has performed on the Today Show, Fox Morning News, CBS This Morning and throughout the USA, Canada, Oman, France, Kuwait, Scotland, and Norway. As Director of the Drum and Bugle Corps he has composer or arranged approximately 75 works for the U.S. Marine Corps, conducts over 100 concerts annually, and has produced five CDs of the group.