BATTERY STAFF
MILES KENOBBIE
Battery Caption Head
Miles Kenobbie marched at Breakthrough Indoor Percussion for three years (2013-2015). His other marching experience consists of two years with The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps (2014 & 2015), two years with the Sun Devil College Marching Band (2014 & 2015), four years with Riverside City College (2016-2019), and two years with The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps (2016 & 2017). He graduated from ASU with a Digital Culture (Music Concentration) Major in 2018. He has taught at DCI groups such at The Academy and The Cavaliers, is currently teaching at Arizona State University, and is also the Percussion Caption Head at Gilbert High School. Besides playing and teaching drums, Miles enjoys creating electronic music, DJing, and creating YouTube content on the side.
SNARE TECHS
ANTHONY CORTEZ
Anthony Cortez is an active performer and educator from Mesa, Arizona. Anthony has been a part of Arizona’s marching percussion scene having marched 3 seasons with Breakthrough Percussion (15-17) and 2 seasons with Arizona State’s SDMB. Along with that, he has toured 2 seasons with the Oregon Crusaders (17-18) and has most recently been a part of WGI World Finalist ensemble Dark Sky Percussion (18-19). Anthony is currently an avid instructor in the East Valley, working with Gilbert High School and Phenom along with Breakthrough.
BRENDAN CHRISTENSEN
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TENOR TECHS
SPENCER MUELLER
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JACOB MCCOLM
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BASS TECHS
BRANDON (BEAN) MIS
Brandon marched Breakthrough Indoor Percussion from 2017-2021. His other marching experience includes Storm Indoor Percussion in 2012, BBR and BIPE from 2013-2016, and SCVC in 2016.
MIKAYLA SZABO
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CYMBAL TECHS
JOE HOWARD
Joe marched at Breakthrough Indoor Percussion for two years (2018 & 2019). His other marching experience consists of three years with the Sun Devil Marching Band (2017-2019), and one year with Riverside City College (2020). He teaches at a few schools around the valley, including Gilbert, Williams Field, and Higley High school.
TREVOR LITCHAUER
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FRANK BECERRA
Frank is an Arizona percussion instructor with 10+ years of teaching experience. His marching career started with Peoria High School and then went on to march Breakthrough Indoor Percussion for two seasons, under the instruction of Jeremy Conoway and Thien Pham-Tran. Breakthrough cymbal players that Frank has had the privilege to teach have gone on to march at world renowned groups in both WGI and DCI, including; Pulse Percussion, RCC, Rhythm X, Dark Sky, Santa Clara Vanguard, The Academy, Colts and The Mandarins. Frank is excited to return to the Breakthrough organization!.