Mike began as a saxophone player and began dabbling in
marching percussion in 1985 as a high school junior. He
marched snare for the Concord Blue Devils in 1988, 89, and
90. Mike attended the University of North Texas and was
named the PAS snare individuals champion in 1991.
He has taught the Nite Express 1992-1996 winning high
percussion at the Division II level in 1994. He taught with
Ralph Hardimon at the Blue Knights in 1997 and is a former
percussion caption head of The Cavaliers.
His day to day activities include coordinating the
percussion for the Carmel-Clay school district in Carmel,
Indiana.
He has percussive works published by the Hal Leonard
Corporation, the Yamaha Sounds of Summer program, Tap-
Space Publications, Drop-6 Media and the Row-loff
corporation. Michael consults/arranges for several WGI
percussion ensembles and is a sought after clinician and
adjudicator. He is a Yamaha clinician as well as a signature
artist with Innovative Percussion. Michael also endorses
EVANS drumheads, Zildjian cymbals, and LP Percussion. He
lives in Brownsburg, Indiana with his wife Joy, their dog Rex
and two cats, Casper and Psycho. This is Mike's third year as
percussion designer/arranger/music coordinator with the
Bluecoats.
