Michael Blazer was a soprano horn player when he joined the Pittsburgh Rockets in 1960. He then switched to the drum line, playing tenor drum, then snare. He has been drum line instructor/arranger for the Rockets and several other well-known corps, including Erie Thunderbirds, Royal Crusaders, Steel City Ambassadors, Canton Blue Coats and Catholic Daughters of America junior drum and bugle corps. He was percussion caption chief with the Pennsylvania Federation of Contest Judges.
