FRONT ENSEMBLE STAFF
RILEY SMITH
Front Ensemble Caption Head
Riley Smith is an active percussionist and educator in Arizona. He has been teaching since 2016 where he got his start at Hamilton HS, and has since gone on to teach at a number of other high schools in the valley including Combs, Agua Fria and others. He is currently on staff at Campo Verde HS as the percussion co-caption head (2020-present) , on the battery staff at Millennium HS (2019-present), and at Phoenix Union Indoor as a snare tech (2020-present.) Riley marched three seasons on snare drum at Vision Percussion (2016-2018) where he aged out with the ensemble. Riley currently holds a bachelors degree in Music Education from Grand Canyon University, and is in his third year as a general music teacher in the Tempe Elementary school district. He is also a Vic Firth/Zildjian Educational Artist.
SHANE FINUCANE
Lead Tech
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