Wesley Pendergrass
PROGRAM COORDINATOR | VISUAL DESIGN | BOARD MEMBER
Wesley Pendergrass, an Arkansas native, has been involved in marching arts design for 17 years. Shoeless Wes' BOA/DCI/WGI experiences include program design, consultation, and staging/drill design across the United States, Japan, and Thailand.
In marching band, Wes' clients have appearances in BOA Grand National Finals; Finals at San Antonio, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Saint Louis BOA Super Regionals; USBands Championships Finals; and State Finals in Texas (UIL), Colorado (CBA), Kentucky (KMEA), New York (NYSFBC), Kansas (KBA), Oklahoma (OBA), Arkansas (ASBOA), Nebraska (NSBA), South Carolina (SCBDA), Mississippi (MBA), and Florida (FMEA).
Pendergrass' expertise has also garnered finalists in all WGI Guard classes (A, Open, World), and 16+ WGI medals in SA, IA, SO, IO, PSA, PIA, PSO, PIO, WSA, WSO, and WIW---- including 11 WGI Gold medals (spanning the trio of divisions (Guard, Winds, and Percussion).
Outside of the marching arts idiom, Wesley Pendergrass stages large scale events including corporate shareholders meetings, political inaugurations, Olympic Opening Ceremonies, The X Games, and more.
Bryson Teel
SOUND DESIGN
Bryson Teel, a Washington state native, is currently active as a marching arts sound designer and teacher in Bristol, Connecticut. As a performer, Bryson was involved in the activity as a tenor drummer, marching with the Madison Scouts, 7th Regiment, and the Southington High School Marching Band.
A graduate of Western Connecticut State University, Bryson holds a B.M. degree in Audio & Music Production with a Focus in Percussion Performance. Applying skills learned from studying modern composition and audio engineering, Teel has worked as a designer and teacher for marching programs around the country including The Spartans, The University of Connecticut, the Connecticut Hurricanes, 7th Regiment, Newtown HS, and Paragould HS.
Tim Bartee II
ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR
Tim Bartee II is an active educator across Oklahoma. He is currently the Front Ensemble Coordinator for Edmond HS and Tulsa Union. His past teaching experiences also include Broken Arrow, Southmoore, Carl Albert, and Monarch Independent in '19 and '20.
Tim has a very diverse marching background. His WGI journey was spent with Resistance '12-'15, Gateway '16-'17, and Monarch '18. Tim spent his summers marching with Forte '12, The Madison Scouts '13-'14, The Bluecoats '15, Carolina Crown '16, and aged out with The Cavaliers in '17.
Tim is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Jazz Studies at The University of Central Oklahoma. In his free time, Tim likes to jam in a local funk band.
Travis Turner
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | BATTERY TECHNICIAN
Travis Turner lives in Northwest Arkansas and is currently employed as a 3-8 grade general music teacher and band director in Southwest Missouri. He is a master’s candidate at Kansas State University and was formerly a graduate assistant with the Kansas State Bands. In this position, he directed the concert band, wrote drill and taught the marching band and managed and facilitated many aspects of the band program as a whole. He holds a Bachelor of Music with an emphasis in trombone performance from Missouri Southern State University, where he performed with the marching band, jazz orchestra, and wind ensemble.
Travis has been involved in the marching arts for over 10 years in various capacities. He continues to educate through music, band, and the marching idiom, as well as writing drill and designing shows throughout the country with his brother. Travis performed with Resistance Indoor Percussion from 2017-2019 and has been on staff since aging out of the activity. As an alumnus of Resistance, he is excited to bring his passion and experience back to the “Home Team”.
Matt Barnes
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | STAFF COORDINATOR | VISUAL CAPTION LEAD
Matt Barnes is currently in his first year as an assistant band director at Union Public Schools in Tulsa, OK. Previously, he served as head band director at Morris High School in Oklahoma for 10 years. Since graduating college from Oklahoma State University in 2013, he has been actively involved in the marching arts educational community in Oklahoma.
Matt marched with the Troopers in 2011 playing euphonium and has written visual programs for guards, marching bands, and indoor drumline groups since then. His ensembles at Morris received numerous OSSAA awards, and his band was crowned OBA Grand Champions in 2013, among other significant accolades.
Matt is a clarinet player by trade but loves his role teaching the visual program at Resistance. He also loves tall cups of black coffee, his wife Beth, their four dogs and two cats, and exploring the natural beauty the world has to offer when he isn't teaching seven days a week. Overall, Matt believes that the musical arts have incredible power to communicate in ways beyond words and that arts education has the potential to transform lives.
Justin Park
EDUCATION COORDINATOR | BATTERY CAPTION LEAD | BOARD MEMBER
Justin Park, better known as JP, joined the staff of Resistance Indoor Percussion in the fall of 2013. Although an Oklahoman by birth, JP started his percussion studies in Fresno, C.A. Under the instruction of Jeff Lee, Dave Glyde, Mike Atesalp. Justin excelled in the Clovis West High percussion program. Justin spent the next four years after graduating performing in the WGI Sport of the Arts Percussion circuit. Under the direction of Don Silva and Eric Melson, JP performed with the Sacramento Freelancers from 1998-2001. JP is currently the Percussion Director for the Chandler High School Music Program out of Chandler, OK.
Mason Rhue
FRONT ENSEMBLE CAPTION LEAD
Mason currently resides in Norman, OK. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering (University of Oklahoma) and is currently pursuing a PhD in Chemical Engineering (University of Oklahoma) with an emphasis in polymers and nanocomposites research.
Mason got his start in the marching arts at Broken Arrow High School where he performed with the award-winning marching band and indoor percussion programs. His independent performance experience includes Resistance Indoor Percussion (2017-2018, 2020) and the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps (2018). Mason is also a well-versed percussion educator. His teaching experience includes Broken Arrow High School (2018-present), Resistance Indoor Percussion (2022-present), and The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps (2023). He also previously served as the front ensemble coordinator for Carl Albert High School (2016-2020).
Megan Garrett
TOUR MANAGER | VISUAL TECHNICIAN
logistics@resistanceindoor.org
Megan Garrett is a Visual Designer and Choreographer, an Adjunct Woodwind Instructor, and the Color Guard Director at both Southside High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas and Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Arkansas. Previously, Megan was the Band Director at Charleston Middle School in Charleston, Arkansas, where she was involved in all aspects of the program. As an instructor, she wears many hats, having organized and led various leadership and conducting clinics and taught color guard, movement, and marching fundamental technique clinics to numerous programs throughout Arkansas and its surrounding states. As a performer, Megan has participated in the Pageantry Arts in multiple capacities - as a member of Aevitas Independent Winter Guard, Resistance Indoor Percussion, and the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps. She graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and holds licenses for both K-12 Instrumental Music and K-12 Vocal Music in the state of Arkansas. In her free time, Megan likes to eat good food, listen to good music, and spend time with her partner, Micaiah, and their three fur-babies, Pita, Roxie, and Jack.
Haruka Huffman
FINANCIAL MANAGER
Haruka, a Japanese native, has been involved with the marching arts for over a decade. She is currently a visual technician in the local OKC area working for Southmoore High school and a Barista for Starbucks.
Haruka has ballet experience and was a trumpet player for The Yokohama Scouts (2009-2015), Crossmen (2014-2015) and The University of Texas at Arlington (2019). She graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Central Oklahoma and a English Translator specialization from The Japanese College of Foreign Language.
Haruka enjoys playing with her 2 dogs and cat, animal crossing, drawing, and outdoor activities with her husband, Shelby.
Cread Helton
ALUMNI COORDINATOR | PROP MANAGER | BOARD MEMBER
As a charter member of Resistance Indoor Percussion, Cread is back again and excited as ever to kick off another season with RIP. This will be his 9th season as a staff member, preceded by two seasons as a member, and two seasons as a volunteer.
Cread's marching career began as a member of the Perkins-Tryon Midnight Regiment, throughout his high school years. Followed by three seasons performing with the UCO Stampede of Sound. Two years later he aged out with RIP in the 2012 season.
Cread is honored and humbled to be asked to return and be a part of such an outstanding program as RIP, as it has had such an impact on his life already.
Micaiah Barnett
SOCIAL MEDIA & GRAPHIC DESIGN MANAGER | VISUAL TECHNICIAN
Micaiah Barnett, an Arkansas native, is a percussion instructor, choreographer, and visual designer for the marching arts. He focuses his efforts on visual design, where he creates custom props, uniforms, and silks for scholastic and independent groups across the country. As a performer, Micaiah played snare with Resistance Indoor Percussion in their 2018, 2020, and 2022 competitive seasons.
As an educator, Micaiah’s ensembles have made several successful appearances in USBands and ASBOA state finals performances. As a designer, his clients have premiered art in winter guard IW and SW, winter winds SA, and BOA regionals in Houston, St. Louis, and Tennessee.
In his free time, Micaiah likes to explore the world of Djent music, and spend time with his partner Megan, whom he met at Resistance, and their three pets.
Amber Jones
MEMBER EXPERIENCE LIASON | SOCIAL MEDIA & GRAPHIC DESIGN MANAGER | CYMBAL TECHNICIAN
Amber is a current resident in Fayetteville, AR where she has recently graduated from the University of Arkansas. She has received two Bachelors of Fine Arts in Graphic Design as well as Studio Art with an emphasis in Photography.
Amber was a member of the Razorback Drumline from 2016-2019 and started her WGI independent career in 2020 with Resistance Indoor Percussion, as well as served as cymbal section leader for the 2022 season. Amber spent the 2021 WGI season as a cymbal technician for Siloam Springs HS, as well as teaching the Razorback Cymbal Line for their 2021 and 2022 seasons. Jones is excited to be returning for the 2024 season!
Jason McIntyre
RECRUITMENT MANAGER | ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
recruiting@resistanceindoor.org
Jason is an alumni of the Southmoore Marching band and Instrumental Arts. He has also marched and performed with Resistance Indoor Percussion from Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2019-2022. His past teaching experience includes Piedmont High School Drumline, Yukon High School Drumline, Joplin Indoor Percussion, Collinsville Indoor Percussion, Little Elm High School, Alma High School, Oklahoma Baptist University Drumline, The University of Arkansas Drumline, and The Zephyrus Drum and Bugle Corps Drumline.
Jason currently teaches with Southmoore Percussion, as well as admin staff with Resistance Indoor Percussion. Jason looks forward to striving for excellence in his career, as he did in his marching career.
Caitlyn Fowler
LEAD CHOREOGRAPHER
Caitlyn is currently on year 6 of being the Director of Color Guard Activities for Bixby Public Schools. She has been a technician for Collinsville, Sapulpa, Charles Page, Broken Arrow, and Union High School guard programs. Caitlyn was also the head visual choreographer for Union High School Indoor Percussion in 2023. Additionally, Caitlyn was the Co-Caption head of color guard for Zephyrus Drum and Bugle Corps.
Caitlyn has performed for world class organizations in Drum Corps International and Winter Guard International. Her experiences include spinning for The Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps, The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps, and Black Gold World Winter Guard.
Brandon Garrett
VISUAL ENSEMBLE TECHNICIAN
Brandon graduated from Alma High School in 2016 and went on to attend the University of Arkansas, where he graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education in 2021.
In 2018, Brandon was selected to be the featured visual performer for Resistance Indoor Percussion. The following year, in 2019, he performed as a cast member with Northwest Independent World Winterguard.
Since his experiences with independent groups, Brandon has taught color guard at local river valley Arkansas high schools from 2021-2022, and he is beyond excited to work with Resistance Indoor Percussion during their 2024 season.
Alex Tjelmeland
VISUAL TECHNICIAN
Originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Alex Tjelmeland recently moved to Yukon, Oklahoma where he serves as a Visual Technician for the Pride of Yukon Marching Band. For the past two years Alex has had the privilege of working with the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps as a Tour Operations Assistant and the River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps as a Visual Technician. In 2019 he was a member of the River City Rhythm DBC cymbal line. While in Iowa, Alex was a Visual Coordinator for the Cedar Rapids Prairie High School Marching Band and the Ensemble Coordinator/Drill Writer for the Prairie Indoor Percussion Ensemble. Additionally, he was an Administrative Intern for Crossroads Indoor in 2020.
Alex graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Performing Arts Management from the University of Northern Iowa in 2021. While at UNI, Alex participated in multiple ensembles such as the UNI Panther Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Bach Cantata, and the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra.
Mason Moore
VISUAL TECHNICIAN
Mason Moore is a native of Northwest Arkansas, and a graduate of Bentonville High School. Mason has a diverse background in the marching arts, including multiple seasons of indoor percussion, indoor winter guard, and DCI.
From 2019-2021, Mason performed as a contra player with the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle corps. In 2022, Mason marched cymbals with Resistance Indoor Percussion.
For the past five seasons, Mason has worked with the Bentonville High school marching band as a visual technician. Currently, Mason attends the University of Arkansas in pursuit of his Bachelor’s in Instrumental Music Education.
Trevor Turner
VISUAL TECHNICIAN
Trevor is currently the Director of Bands at Willow Springs R-IV in Willow Springs, Missouri. He is concurrently a drill designer and music writer for various high school marching bands in Missouri and Kansas. Trevor has previously served as a visual, brass, and front ensemble technician at several schools in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas.
Trevor was a member of Resistance Indoor Percussion in 2019-2022, receiving the most improved front ensemble member award in 2019, and front ensemble member of the year award in 2022. He was also a trumpet player of the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps in 2018 and the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps in 2021.
Shelby Huffman
FRONT ENSEMBLE TECHNICIAN
Shelby Huffman is a multifaceted individual with a strong foundation in both technology and the performing arts. Residing in Oklahoma City, he seamlessly blends his career as an XR Developer at Boeing with his deep-rooted passion for music, both as an educator and a performer.
Having graduated from the University of Oklahoma, Shelby boasts a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. Always eager to learn, he is currently furthering his education at the Georgia Institute of Technology, working towards a Master's in Computer Science. Here, he is specializing in Robotics and Computational Perception, showing his inclination towards cutting-edge technology. Additionally, Shelby possesses notable expertise in Audio Electronics, a testament to his diverse skill set.
However, Shelby’s love for music remains a cornerstone of his identity. His musical journey began in Oklahoma, where he played tenors at Choctaw High School, progressed to playing the snare for the University of Oklahoma Drumline, and culminated in his involvement with Resistance from 2014-2016. Not one to limit his horizons, Shelby's summers saw him marching with renowned groups: The Mandarins in 2016, The Crossmen in 2017 and 2018, and finally aging out with The Cavaliers in 2019. The winter months were just as musically charged, with Shelby marching with Gateway in 2017 and Monarch Independent in 2019.
As an educator, Shelby has taken on various roles that reflect his expertise and passion. Since 2016, he has been the Front Ensemble Director for Southmoore High School, ensuring the growth and success of the musical group. He also wears the hat of a Front Ensemble Tech for Zephryus and The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps. Expanding his responsibilities further, Shelby is now the Front Ensemble Director for Oklahoma Baptist University, where he continues to shape the next generation of musicians.
Shelby Huffman's journey is a testament to the harmonious coexistence of technology and art, showcasing his dedication to both fields and his commitment to fostering growth, learning, and excellence.
Garett Dwyer
FRONT ENSEMBLE TECHNICIAN
Garett Dwyer is the Percussion Specialist at Union Public Schools in Tulsa, OK. He holds a bachelor's degree in Percussion Performance from the Indiana University (IU) Jacobs School of Music. During his time at IU, he studied Latin American drumming, Jazz vibraphone, and R&B under the direction of Michael Spiro, Steve Houghton, Joseph Gramley, among many others.
Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Garett was a busy percussionist prior to his time in Indiana. His summers were full of percussion-related camps, masterclasses, and competitions. Most notably Garett was invited to perform as a cast member for the the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps for their 2018 and 2019 tours, and to study at The Juilliard School in 2017.
During his undergraduate Garett was heavily involved in gigging and teaching percussion to many students around the Bloomington, IN area. Garett is the Percussion Coordinator for Zephyrus Drum & Bugle Corps (Bixby, OK) and helped lead Edgewood Highschool (Ellettsville, IN) to their first IPA PSA State Championship in the 2022 season as the Front Ensemble Coordinator. Recently, Garett has worked with artists such as Bootsy Collins, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and is frequently in the recording studio.
Joel Montes
FRONT ENSEMBLE TECHNICIAN
Joel Montes will join Resistance Indoor Percussion as a front ensemble technician for the 2024 season. Montes is an assistant band director for USD 313 Buhler Bands as well as an active musician in the Wichita, Kansas area. Joel’s teaching experience includes USD 312 Haven Bands, USD 265 Goddard Bands, Railmen Indoor Percussion, Railmen Winter Winds, Resistance Indoor Percussion, the Battalion Drum and Bugle Corps, the Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps and the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps. Montes was a member of the 2012 and 2013 Troopers front ensemble. When he is not teaching or playing, Joel enjoys spending time with his wife Gabi and their dog Billie!
Chase Gulliver
FRONT ENSEMBLE TECHNICIAN
Chase is a new addition to the front ensemble staff this season. He currently lives in Oklahoma City, OK and is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in Jazz Studies. Chase is originally from Del City, OK where he performed with the award winning jazz ensembles from 2011 to 2014. His independent performance experience includes Resistance Indoor Percussion (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) and the Blue Coats Drum and Bugle Corps (2016).
Chase has been teaching for the last 9 years as a battery tech, front ensemble tech, and program director at schools such as Putnam City High School, Piedmont High School, and in short stints at Del City, Edmond Memorial, and Luther High School. Chase is currently the Assistant Band Director at Putnam City High School where he directs the jazz, concert, and percussion ensembles, and continues to perform for various types of groups on the side as a multi-instrumentalist.
Christian Leon
BATTERY CO-MANAGER
Born in Plano, Texas, Christian Leon attended Lewisville High School, where he first recognized his love for the art of percussion. After receiving his Bachelor of Music in Music Education at the University of Arkansas, Christian decided to continue his education at the University of Arkansas and began work on a Master in Music degree.
During his tenure at the U of A, Christian had the opportunity to perform with many scholastic and independent ensembles, including earning the principal position for the U of A Wind Ensemble for 9 semesters. His independent ensemble experience includes The Guardians DBC, Resistance Indoor Percussion, Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, and the Artosphere Festival Orchestra.
Christian is currently the percussion specialist at Alma Public Schools in Alma, Arkansas. He resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas with his two cats, where he enjoys reading, cooking, and video games.
Mike Hill
BATTERY CO-MANAGER
Mike Hill, originally from the Tulsa area, is currently a senior attending the University of Central Oklahoma. Studying Music Education, he has been been involved in the marching arts for 8 years. Mike attended Union High School where he was a part of the Renegade Regiment marching band, Union indoor percussion section, wind ensemble, orchestra, and jazz band. After high school, Mike has had the opportunity to perform with a wide array of ensembles. Performing with the Thunder Drummers for the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2018-19 NBA season, and the Cavaliers Percussion Section for the 2020 PASIC online clinic held by the Percussive Arts Society were notable highlights. Mike was a performing member of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps as a snare drummer for the 2020 and 2021 DCI seasons as well.
Over the last five years, Mike has had the opportunity to work, write, arrange, and teach music with multiple schools in the greater Oklahoma City Metro area. For the summer of 2022 and 2023, he was the battery coordinator for Zephyrus Drum and Bugle Corps. Mike currently works as a student teacher at Bixby High School while he finishes his music education degree.
Aaron Long
BATTERY TECHNICIAN
Aaron is a Civil Engineer in Northwest Arkansas, and a graduate of the University of Arkansas.
Starting his WGI Independent career at Resistance Indoor (2017, 2018, 2020), Aaron also marched a season with Freedom Percussion in 2019. In his continued effort to broaden his performance experience, Long spent a summer performing in the 2019 season of DCI with Music City Drum and Bugle Corps.
Aaron is an active marching percussion educator, recently a Quad Technician for The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps in 2023, he currently teaches at Bentonville HS. He has previously taught at the University of Arkansas, Bentonville West HS, Fort Osage HS, and Siloam Springs HS.
Kolby Palmore
BATTERY TECHNICIAN
Kolby Palmore is currently an active educator in the NWA region, and enjoys teaching scholastic music ensembles. Previously, he was the assistant band director in Berryville Public Schools in Berryville, Arkansas. His curricular responsibilities included teaching 6th through 12th grade percussion, 6th grade beginning flutes, assisting with Junior High Choir, directing the 7th and 8th grade bands, and assisting with all high school concert and marching activities. Kolby taught in many schools in the northwest Arkansas area such as Bentonville, Siloam Springs, and Springdale. He was an instructor of the 2012 - 2014 Joplin Indoor Percussion Ensemble in Joplin, Missouri. He taught drum corps for six summers (2012-2017) at the Colt Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps, five of which as Battery Coordinator. He has written drill that appeared in both the Arkansas State Marching Competition and MCCGA Percussion Scholastic A Finals.
Kolby’s drum corps performance experience includes marching snare drum for the 2009 Memphis Sound Drum & Bugle Corps and the 2011 Colts Drum & Bugle Corps. He performed in the 2012 second place PASIC small ensemble, and was a charter member of River Valley Independent. He marched snare in the Razorback Marching Band for five years, where he was awarded “Outstanding Member” in 2013. He was an active member in the Arkansas Percussion Studio and concert bands during his undergraduate and graduate years.
Kolby graduated with a Bachelors of Music Education in 2015, and he graduated with his Masters of Music (Percussion Performance) in May of 2019 from the University of Arkansas. He is an Educational Artist for Innovative Percussion.
Rhema Baissa
BATTERY TECHNICIAN
Rhema Baissa resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and has been a drumline tech for his alma mater, Union HS, since 2018. His past teaching experience also includes being the drumline tech for Carl Albert HS in 2017. Rhema most recently was a battery technician for the The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps in 2023.
Rhema graduated with a Master’s Degree in Marriage & Family Therapy from Capella University in 2023. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2019 and was a member of the OSCMB bassline in 2016.
His prior WGI and DCI marching experience include Monarch Independent ‘17-‘19, The Colts ‘17, The Cavaliers ‘18, and he aged out with The Blue Knights in ‘19.
Trevor Downey
BATTERY TECHNICIAN
Trevor currently resides as the director of Percussion at Glenpool High School.
He received his Bachelors in Music Education at Northeastern State University and his Master’s in Percussion Performance at the University of Oklahoma where he taught the Pride of Oklahoma Drumline.
He has been involved with pageantry arts since 2016 with groups such as Resistance, Broken Arrow, And Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps.
Trevor’s performance background includes The Academy Drum and Bugle corp, Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps under John Mapes, as well as aging out with Vigilantes Indoor Percussion.
Micah Strauss
BATTERY TECHNICIAN
Micah Strauss is a percussionist currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Percussion Performance while residing in the Oklahoma City area. He has taught as a battery instructor for Durant High School in 2021, and currently holds a battery instructor position at Choctaw High School, as well as teaching private lessons.
Micah's experience in the percussion field has given him the privilege of studying and and marching under a vast array of knowledgeable percussion educators, including the staff at Resistance, as well as Dr. Brian Stackhouse, Dr. Nicholaus Meyers, John Lluvera, and Rob Ferguson.
Micah's performance experience has provided him with a wide variety of different technical approaches and ideas, performing as a snare drummer with Resistance '22, Phantom Regiment '22, and Infinity Percussion '23.
Collette Soriano
CYMBAL TECHNICIAN
Collette resides in Fayetteville, AR where she recently graduated from the University of Arkansas and received her Bachelors of Music Education. She is currently the Shop Secretary for the instrument repair shop at Saied Music Company and is a percussion adjunct around the Springdale School District.
Collette's marching experience started at Springdale High School where she marched a season in the front ensemble and 2 seasons on the snareline. She was a member of the cymbal line of the Razorback Drumline from 2016-2019, Woo Pig! Collette performed and marched cymbals with Resistance in the 2020 and 2022 seasons of WGI.
Austin Petty
BATTERY TECHNICIAN
Austin lives in Norman Oklahoma and recently completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Oklahoma in music education. He currently teaches battery percussion at Southmoore High School in Moore. He has also taught at Westmoore, Purcell, and Ponca City.
His marching experience includes five years at the University of Oklahoma drum line, as well as marching with Resistance Indoor Percussion in 2018 and Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps in 2021.
Dr. Brian Stackhouse
PROGRAM CONSULTANT
Dr. Brian Stackhouse received his Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Arkansas Tech University, his Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Arkansas, and his Doctorate in Percussion Performance from The University of Oklahoma. Brian is currently the Director of Athletic Bands at Oklahoma Baptist University, and has been instrumental in growing the marching program at OBU.
Brian conducts clinics and master classes at various institutions from high schools to universities and including the Oklahoma Homeschool Bands program. He has written many marching percussion books beginning in his time at Arkansas Tech University and including various high schools as well as the University of Oklahoma and instructed drumlines at all three institutions he attended. Brian has been an active instructor at Arkansas Tech University and University of Arkansas Summer Band Camps and adjudicator at various competitions. During his time at the University of Oklahoma, he managed the OU Percussion Press and conducted an in depth study of Jacques Delécluse’s Douze Études pour Caisse-Claire. Brian also was formerly the Percussion Studio and Drumline Instructor at Southern Nazarene University.
Brian has performed with drum corps, orchestras, jazz combos, stage bands, percussion orchestras, and soloed at different events including the National Conference of Percussion Pedagogy where he has served as the head of logistics and been a member of the management team. During his time in the University of Oklahoma Percussion Orchestra, the group premiered new pieces and was featured many times on Vic Firth. Brian’s passion is the marching arts and got his introduction to DCI as a snare drummer for Memphis Sound in 2004 and 2005. He was also a member of the DCI Honor Corps in 2005, which performed at Disney World.