EPIC Indoor Percussion was started in December of 2024. In our first season we participated in KIDA and TIA in the Independent A class and had an undefeated season that ended at the KIDA Championships in Chambersburg, PA. Our first season was wildly successful and Due to that and the large amount of interest, the decision was made to take the leap in 2025 and join WGI and also expand into the New York State Percussion Circuit. With this comes some increase in cost from last season, and a slightly more intense rehearsal schedule. That being said, it is very important to us to keep costs as low and as accessible as possible for our members. As we grow and expand we plan to always keep a balance between the art and competitive success, and the realities of the world we live to not put an unreasonable amount of strain on our members. It is our mission to grow the interest, awareness, participation, and positive representation of the marching percussion activity in central PA and the northeast region!
We pride ourselves in working smart and strive to provide our members with the best possible educational and competitive experience while also being reasonable with their outside responsibilities. Over the years some of our staff have worked with other ensembles that were somewhat unreasonable expecting their members to rehearse from Friday night until Sunday night with very little rest time at night, with several of their members driving great distances to get back and forth.
We do things a little differently. We generally limit our rehearsals to Saturdays with the full ensemble, and we have a rotation of “Sectional Sunday” rehearsals where each member has off for 2 Sundays and then has a sectional rehearsal every 3rd Sunday. This allows for time to pick up some shifts to work, or to keep up with school work and balance their outside responsibilities. We do not do any weekday rehearsals with a few exceptions for finals week and the week between Christmas and New Years we have our “mini-camp” where we learn the show. Very occasionally there might be a Friday night if we’re going somewhere early or far the next day. We do supplement our rehearsals with logical video assignments that are focused on specific goals we’re working on that tie in with what we’re doing at in-person rehearsals. Any members traveling in from a long distance we offer housing on Friday nights prior to rehearsals if needed, and after rehearsals on Saturdays or any late Sundays we have. We don’t want anyone traveling while they’re exhausted.
2024
EPIC Indoor Percussion was founded in the fall of 2023 making 2024 their first competitive season ever!
Our show is titled You Can Count On Me, which is about how numbers and math connect everything, especially in what we do as percussionists. We all have to do our part, counting, communicating with each other, subdividing. We have to count on each other to bring it all together.
Snares:
Chris Caskey
Nolan Sauers
Noelia Figuereo
Nic Swartz
Brayden Zimmerman
Alex Beagle
Tenors:
Jayden Harriman
Liam Turnbow
Nate Keough
Bass Drums:
Adam Pritchard
Hailey Copson
Haley Stahl
Jae Mitstifer
Stephen Straub
Front Ensemble:
Zoey Meyers – Marimba
Ben Schouder – Marimba
Matthew King – Xylo/Bells
Chloe Pennings – Vibes
Kylie Grassmyer – Vibes
Patton Montgomery – Bass Guitar
Anna Pritchard – Synth
Ellie Sutliff – Drumset
Robert Leiter – Synth/Trumpet Solo
2025
After winning the Richmond WGI Regional in A Class, it was apparent that in 2025 EPIC Indoor Percussion was on the rise and growing in maturity and skill from the previous season, and was bumped up to the Independent Open Class for the remainder of the season in all circuits we compete in.
Our show in 2025 is called Stripes. In a world of infinite variations there are certain patterns that capture our curiosity. Within them there is a hidden language written across our world, and within ourselves. Our instincts, a hidden beast within all of us. Will we let the beast run wild and wreak havoc on the world around us? Or will we tame the beast and put it into submission? Or.. will we learn to control the beast and let it out when needed to reach our full potential? In 2025, we show our stripes!
Snares:
Chris Caskey
Bryan Beckner
Noelia Figuereo
Brayden Zimmerman
Alex Beagle
Tenors:
Jayden Harriman
Nikita Kostromin
Nate Keough
Bass Drums:
Adam Pritchard
Hailey Copson
Nic Swartz
Alyx Taylor
Stephen Straub
Cymbals:
Jae Mitstifer
Aidan Barner
Ashley Dunlap
Lukas Ruch
Front Ensemble:
Zoey Meyers – Marimba
Chloe Pennings – Marimba
Matthew Shaw – Bells/Concert Snare
Patton Montgomery – Vibes
Kylie Grassmyer – Vibes
Emery Loughery – Synth
Margaret Lundy – Synth
Ellie Sutliff – Drumset
Bryson Pell – Timpani