The 2014 season will be Mike’s second with the Bushwackers. Mike’s drum corps career began in 2009 with The Reading Buccaneers. After marching with the Buccaneers, he went on to march in The Cadets in 2010-2011. After aging-out with the 2011 DCI World Champion corps, Mike returned to DCA in 2012 to serve as horn sergeant in the inaugural season of The Cadets2.
After graduating from Nazareth HS, Mike went on to earn his Music Education degree at Kutztown University, studying under great mentors such as Dr. Kevin Kjos and Dr. Willis Rapp. While at Kutztown, he was in many performing ensembles including the University Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Kutztown’s Jazz Ensemble 1, which records a Nationally distributed jazz album every year.
Mike has also taught various High School and Middle School ensembles, including the Whitehall Marching Band.