Dan started his marching career playing snare drum in the inaugural season of the Cadets2 in 2012. After spending two years with C2, he became a member of the 2014 Cadets for his age-out season. During this period, he was also a member of Imperial Dynasty’s 2013 debut in Winter Guard International.
Dan instructed the snare drum section of Cadets2 from 2015-2018, which includes their DCA World Championship title in 2016, and is currently a percussion instructor at The Cadets. He also served as ensemble coordinator at Imperial Dynasty from 2016-2019.
As an emerging writer/arranger in southeast Pennsylvania, Dan contributes to many high school programs in the region. He is currently the percussion director at Downingtown East High School, as well as a designer for the Downingtown Indoor Percussion Ensemble.
Aside from the marching activity, Dan attended West Chester University with a focus in music and philosophy, and closely studied classical-style percussion with Ralph Sorrentino, a frequent performer in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Dan has also taught the battery percussion section of the Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band, Shippensburg University Marching Band, and currently, the Widener University Marching Band.
Sal Azzara is an front ensemble educator, arranger, and sound designer based in the Southeast PA region.
Sal studied Music Education at West Chester University and has performed with West Chester’s Wind Symphony, Symphony Orchestra, and marching band. His marching experience includes performing with The Buccaneers (’15-’16), The Cadets (’17-’18), and United Percussion (’20, ’22) as a front ensemble member.
An active edcuator in the Southeast PA region for many years, he has been working with theShippensburg University Marching Band since 2019, Downingtown Indoor Percussion since 2019, and recently started working with United Percussion 2 for the 2023 season.
Sal has also served as Front Ensemble Arranger and Sound Desiner at Downingtown Indoor Percussion and the Shippensburg University Marching Band since 2020. He is excited to be back with the Bushwackers for his third year as Sound Designer and Front Ensemble Coordinator.
Alex Musliner is excited to be returning to the Bushwackers as a Percussion Caonsultant.
Originally from Crofton MD, Alex’s marching percussion experience started with Cadets2 and continued on to Cadets Winter Percussion and Carolina Crown, learning from world class educators in the activity such as Tom Aungst, Rich Hammond, and Thom Hannum. Alex started his educational career in the marching arts with Imperial Dynasty and the Bushwackers as the snare technician for both of their 2017 seasons. Alex has also been heavily involved in the WGI PIW scene since 2018, serving as the Battery Manager for George Mason University Indoor Drumline. Alex graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015 and is currently working as a team lead developer at a website provider since 2015.
Kevin is very excited to be returning to the Bushwackers as a bass technician.
Originally from Glenside, PA, Kevin first began watching marching band and indoor drumline shows around 1999. His first marching experience came as a tuba player with the Abington High School Marching Ghosts in the fall of 2002. Kevin’s first indoor season was the winter/spring of 2003, under the direction of Mr. Tony Perez, as a member of the front ensemble. Kevin has been involved in the percussion scene ever since, marching with Jersey Surf Drum & Bugle Corps and United Percussion as a WGI Open Class Gold Medalist.
Kevin has taught with Abington High School, Boyertown High School, and Imperial Dynasty Art in various marching percussion technician roles, striving to bring out the highest level of excellence from his students of all age ranges. In addition, Kevin has also held the role of Director of Marching Percussion at Upper Dublin High School from 2010-2013 and is the Director of Marching Percussion at Cheltenham High School currently. Kevin has also been a member of the Vic Firth Educational Team since 2017. Professionally, Kevin has been working for a company installing chemical storage tanks, pipes, valves, and pumps since 2015.
Jon Corbi is excited to return to the Bushwackers as the Battery Visual Technician.
Jon has been in the marching activity since 2014, when he started his rookie season with The Cadets2 Drum and Bugle Corp. From then on, Jon has had the pleasure to perform with many professional ensembles, including Cadets Winter Percussion, Fusion Core, Imperial Dynasty Indoor Percussion, as well as West Chester University’s Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band. While being a member of these ensembles, Jon instructed at many schools around the Southern Pennsylvania and New Jersey area. He first joined the Bushwacker team in 2019 as the cymbal technician, and joined the Imperial Dynasty team for their 2020 season as snare technician.
Outside of the activity, Jon graduated in 2019 with an Elementary Education degree from West Chester University, and a Minor in Special Education. He currently teaches at various elementary schools around Milford, Delaware.
Garrett is very excited to be joining the Bushwackers as a front ensemble technician.
He has experience marching drum corps starting in 2016 with Cadets2 in their first ever championship year. Garrett then went on to march Carolina Crown for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. He also marched with WGI finalist, United Percussion, in their 2018 season. With this experience, he went on to teach the front ensemble at United Percussion 2 for their inaugural season in 2019. Afterwards, he went on to march The Cadets for the 2019 season and is now aging out with the current WGI Independent World Class Champion, Broken City Percussion, for the 2020 season. Garrett is also very happy to be joining the staff at The Cadets for the 2020 drum corps season.
While Garrett is currently finishing his Bachelors degree in Music Performance from Rowan University; he is also composing and teaching for many different marching bands and indoor percussion groups within the South Jersey area. Garrett is thrilled to have this opportunity and can’t wait for the season to start!
