Fred C. Beyer High School
Band & Color Guard Staff

Nate Bourg began his musical experience as a piano student at age 7. He continued his musical studies at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, CA, and studied under world renown artist Anthony Cirone at San Jose State University from 1998-2000. From 1999-2002, Nate was a member of the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps front ensemble under Jim Casella, Jim Ancona, and David Reeves. Other influential teachers include Ronald Graham, Dennis Aquilina, Murray Gusseck, David Flores, Glen Crosby, Ralph Hardimon, and Dr. Timothy Duncan.

Nate's memorable achievements as an educator and designer include a WGI silver medal with Beyer High School (Scholastic 'A' 2004), WGI bronze medals with Fever Winterguard in 2005 (soundtrack composer) and Beyer High School in 2007 (Scholastic Open), DCI Division II High Percussion award with Vanguard Cadets in 2004, 2008 DCI Open Class Championship and High Percussion with Vanguard Cadets, and the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 WBA AAA championship with Beyer High School. In 2011, Nate led the Vanguard Winter Percussion ensemble to a WGI gold medal in their first-ever appearance at WGI World Championships in the Independent Open class

Nate was the Front Ensemble Technician for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps from 2005-2007. He has been involved with the Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets since 2003, and is currently their Music Coordinator and Front Ensemble Composer. In addition to his responsibilities with Beyer High School, Nate is the Front Ensemble Arranger for the San Jose State University Marching Band, Program Manager and Designer for Vanguard Winter Percussion, Front Ensemble Arranger/instructor for Amador Valley High School, and President of the Northern California Percussion Alliance (NCPA), a new circuit for indoor winter percussion competitions. Nate also has several of his arrangements and compositions published through Gary P. Gilroy Publications, and does arranging/composing for several high school programs throughout the United States.

Nate holds his B.S. in Digital Audio Technology with emphasis in Music Composition and Arranging from Cogswell Polytechnical College, where he was named Most Outstanding Digital Audio Student at Cogswell Polytechnical College in 2007. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA.