About us

IYAO is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide the youth of our community with an arts activity that is centered on cultivating social responsibility, strong ethics and the development of life skills through teamwork, entertainment and competition.

IYAO was born in the winter of 1998 made up of many dedicated alumni from local Southern California Drum & Bugle corps who wanted to provide this great activity to the community of teens and adults while continuing to bring a fun, audience friendly and highly competitive drum corps to the field. Much in the spirit and style of the Bridgemen during the late 70’s and early 80’s, with a modern Southern California twist.

Leading the proliferation of Drum & Bugle Corps and independent pageantry arts in So California.

IYAO was determined to aid in the proliferation of Drum & Bugle Corps and the pageantry arts youth activities in a region that contains several million young musicians and performers. Over the last couple of years, IYAO has accomplished:

  ✦ 1998, IMPULSE drum & bugle corps was established
  ✦ 2000, IYAO helped establish San Diego ALLIANCE drum & bugle. The group went undefeated in Division III during the summer of
  2001. Today the group exits independently from IYAO as an independent percussion ensemble.
  ✦ 2001, IYAO established Rhythm Regiment Junior Drum Corps as corps for kids between the age of 3 and 13. The group does a
  number of performances thought out the year.
  ✦ 2001, IYAO helped establish So Cal Dream “all aged” drum & bugle corps. Today the crops operates independently from IYAO
  ✦ 2003 and 2005 Impulse winter guard was formed, and we hope to host a winter guard again in the future.
  ✦ 2005, PULSE percussion ensemble was established and within in their first year they placed 9th in WGI’s independent World
  Class. The unit was started by Ike Jackson, Caleb Rothe and Ray Santos was the groups first director.
  ✦ 2006, Impulse attended DCI Championships in Madison, Wisconsin where they took first place with “Me, Myself and I“ in division III
  ✦ 2009, PULSE percussion finished 4th place with a score 93.513 at WGI Finals in Dayton, OH.

One of IYAO’s many goals is to build stronger performers and train more quality instructors to benefit the surrounding school music programs. By supporting school music and pageantry programs, Impulse creates a win/win situation for all involved..