On stage
Before the marketing,
Before the marketing,
there was the stage.
Finalist floors, world championships, a few stages you might recognize from TV. Everything I know about holding an audience, I learned here first.
Drum Corps International
- Blue Devils, 2011 — SnareDCI Silver Medalist · featured soloist, "Lady Drummer" feature
- Bluecoats, 2010 — SnareDCI Silver Medalist
- System Blue ClinicianGuatemala City 2012 · Vilnius, Lithuania 2013
WGI & indoor percussion
- Pulse Percussion, 2009 — Drum SetWGI World Championship Finalist
- Riverside City College, 2010–2013Snare · Gold (2012), Silver (2011, 2013) — the same RCC program whose social I now produce
Why it matters to a brand
Playing in an ensemble is mostly listening — reading the room, holding a moment, trusting the people beside you, serving something bigger than your own part. It's the same muscle a great campaign uses, and I built it in some of the most demanding rooms in the activity.
It's also why this work feels like home. I'm not studying these communities from the outside — I've spent my life inside the craft, and I bring that same care to everything I make for a brand.