Alan Kiser

Alan serves the Colts Youth Organization as director of finance and events where he handles the day-to-day bookkeeping responsibilities as well as supports the executive director with tour events. He had already been a committee member for Tournament Of Drums in Cedar Rapids prior to joining the Colts. He serves on the board of the Iowa Music & Arts Association (IMAA).

Alan is the organizer for the Cedar Rapids "Fun Drummin'" drumline which includes several drum corps alumni and college drumline students. He lives out his drum corps aspirations by playing bass drum in the Geneseo Knights Alumni Drumline which performs annually at Percussion Palooza in Rock Falls, Illinois.

For more than a decade, Alan has directed the Maple City Band in Geneseo, Illinois, providing entertainment for their annual ice cream socials as well as other summer concerts in the area. The Maple City Band allows high school students and adults to perform a variety of tunes together including patriotic music, several marches, folk songs, and Broadway tunes. Through their performances, MCB helps local nonprofits raise funds for needed projects.

Alan earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics from Drake University before learning his true love was music education. He returned to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated with honors while receiving a bachelor's degree in music education. He then continued his education with post-graduate courses at VanderCook College in Chicago.

Alan was a middle school band director in Geneseo, a high school band director in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and he has taught percussion ensembles in the Cedar Rapids area including Cornell College where he directed the Pandemonium and Toucan steel pan bands.