UCM Color Guard

Allegra Wolff

2020-2021 Color Guard Instructor

Allegra Wolff is a recent graduate of Missouri Western State University earning a Bachelor of Music Education. She graduated from the University of Missouri - Kansas City in 2017 with a Bachelor of Business Administration – Emphasis in Management, while she performed in the Bands at the Conservatory. Originally from Branson, Missouri, Allegra worked with the Pride of Branson Bands as a woodwind & color guard staff member from 2014-2018. In 2019, she joined the team at Blue Springs South Jaguar Pride as a woodwind and visual staff member for their marching season. Allegra was selected for the 2019 Mark Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund as the only collegiate recipient for the Music For All Summer Symposium. This allowed her to participate in the Color Guard Instructor Academy and perform in the directors’ concert band, directed by Richard Saucedo.

During her time at Missouri Western, she was the Color Guard Director for the Golden Griffon Marching Band under the guidance of Dr. Nathan Gay. She was fortunate enough to be the pianist for the Jazz Ensemble and a clarinetist and featured conductor for the Symphonic Winds. At Missouri Western, Allegra studied clarinet with Trevor Stewart and jazz piano with Kathleen Holeman. With the help of fellow students, she reinstated the Winter Guard in Spring of 2020 where they competed at the MCCGA level. Allegra has served as an auxiliary and color guard adjudicator for the Cameron March Fest in Cameron, MO. She completed her student teaching at Ellison Elementary with Laura Wagers and at Heritage Middle School with Michael Dragen.

As a previous business student turned music teacher, Allegra has developed a unique perspective when it comes to music education in the modern world. Influenced by conducting experts Dr. Joseph Parisi and Steven D. Davis, she is excited to pursue her Master of Arts in Instrumental Conducting while being the Color Guard Director for the Marching Mules at the University of Central Missouri. Some of her most inspiring musical moments include performing at the CBDNA national conference in 2017 with the UMKC Wind Symphony, sitting in the pit for a performance of a Broadway musical, and performing her first clarinet recital at MWSU. 

Paige Bockes

2020-2021 Color Guard Co-Captain

 

Paige Bockes is from Blue Springs, MO. She has a passion for music and the performing arts. She was a member of The Golden Regiment Color Guard as well as being a clarinetist in the Wind Symphony in her time at Blue Springs High School. She continues her love for the fine arts here at UCM. She is a member of the Marching Mules Color Guard as well as the UCM Wind Ensemble. 

Gretchen Perlinger

2020-2021 Color Guard Co-Captain

 

Gretchen is in her 6th season of Color Guard, 3rd with UCM and 2 seasons with Mosaic Independent Winterguard. She is a member of the UCM Women's Choir, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and leads a university wide peer support group at UCM. Gretchen also is part of the UCM's study abroad program, where she spent time overseas in Spain earlier this year. In her spare time, she is a musician and writes/performs her own guitar, ukulele, and voice.