Miles Kenobbie - Battery coordinator/tenor technician
Miles 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.
Richard dznurak - Snare technician
Richard is a percussion educator based in Chandler, AZ. His history of playing music started at the age of 8, and he found his passion in the marching arts over at Santan Jr High. After graduating from Hamilton High School, Richard went on to march snare at ASU SDMB (2014, 2016), Breakthrough Indoor Percussion (2015-2017), and POW Percussion (2018-2019). As an educator, Richard has helped influence students for about 10 years. Starting in high school with Santan Indoor Percussion, he went on to help out schools all across Phoenix, AZ such as: Vista Grande High School, Hamilton High School, Horizon High School, and Campo Verde High School to name a few. This is his 3rd year with us here at Breakthrough Percussion..
ANTHONY CORTEZ - SNARE TECHNICIAn
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.
chris gregory - tenor TECHNICIAn
Chris Gregory will be returning to Breakthrough for his third season as a tenor tech. Before working with Breakthrough, Chris taught at Peoria Unified School District Indoor. Chris’s prior marching experience includes the Arizona State University Sun Devil Marching Band, POW Percussion, and The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps. He is currently a PhD student at Arizona State University, studying Materials Science and Engineering with a focus in photovoltaics and electronic materials. In his free time, Chris enjoys exercising and snowboarding.
Hugo - tenor segovia
Hugo was born and raised in Casa Grande, Az. His marching experience includes Casa Grande Indoor Percussion, Sun Devil Marching Band (2016 & 2017), Breakthrough Indoor Percussion (2016), and POW Percussion (2017 & 2019). This will Hugo’s 2nd year on staff for the BT quads. He also enjoys playing phat beats on the drum set.
BRANDON MIS - bass technician
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.
JOE HOWARD - CYMBAL TECHNICIAN
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.
frank baccera - Cymbal TECHNICIAN
rank 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!