Huron Valley Percussion

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Huron Valley Percussion Huron Valley Percussion is an Independent Open Class indoor percussion ensemble from White Lake, Michigan.

Organizational Staff:

Zach Desjarlais - Percussion Director
Bob Green - Program Director
Krystilyn Smith - Treasurer
Dale Clevenger - Prop Coordinator
Alan Irvine - Transportation Coordinator

Design Staff:

Oliver Rodriguez
James Sparling
Noe Gomez
Zach Desjarlais

Instructional Staff:

Anthony Flores
Allen Payne
Ernie Balcueva
Noah Bagley
Erin Lakits
Johnathan Williams
Sam Verlinden
Stirling Davis
Jackie Wilson

Sponsors:

Lakeland High School Band Boosters
Milford High School Band Parents

ANNOUNCEMENT: We have an exciting update for our 2027 HVP Season! Mady Zane will be our new Visual Ensemble Coordinator ...
10/09/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT:

We have an exciting update for our 2027 HVP Season! Mady Zane will be our new Visual Ensemble Coordinator for our 2027 Season!! Want to join the Visual Ensemble this upcoming season and learn from Mady? Fill out the interest form found in our bio and come out to auditions!

Meet our new Visual Ensemble Technician Makayla Perkins! Makayla is a visual performer and educator based out of Flint, ...
10/06/2026

Meet our new Visual Ensemble Technician Makayla Perkins!

Makayla is a visual performer and educator based out of Flint, Michigan. In her marching career, Makayla has marched with Clio High School’s color guard (2020-2024), as well as Huron Valley Percussion’s visual ensemble! (2024/25) Makayla was also founding member of HVP's Visual Ensemble in it's first year of existence.

As an educator, Makayla has been color guard director and visual coordinator for Clio’s marching band (2024-present).

Outside of the marching arts, Makayla is going to school pursuing a nursing degree. In her free time, she loves to go to as many music events as possible! Welcome Makayla!

Our 2027 Audition experience begins this Sunday. Follow the QR Code to Sign-up and for more information! Once signed up,...
10/05/2026

Our 2027 Audition experience begins this Sunday. Follow the QR Code to Sign-up and for more information! Once signed up, you will receive an email with audition materials to prepare. See you there!

Yesterday was a fantastic first audition clinic for HVP 27!! Here are some photos taken from yesterday by the amazing Ev...
10/05/2026

Yesterday was a fantastic first audition clinic for HVP 27!! Here are some photos taken from yesterday by the amazing Evie 🔥

Our first audition is this upcoming Sunday! See you there!!

Tomorrow begins our 2027 season with our audition clinic!!! 🎉 The clinic will be held from 11am-5pm at Lakeland High Sch...
10/03/2026

Tomorrow begins our 2027 season with our audition clinic!!! 🎉 The clinic will be held from 11am-5pm at Lakeland High School in the band room. The Clinic only cost is $25. If you plan to audition as well, the cost would be $40 paid electronically or at the door with cash or check.

See everyone tomorrow! Go HVP!!

Meet our new Tenor Technician, Miles Rhea! Miles Rhea is a music educator and performer out of Southeast Michigan. Outsi...
09/25/2026

Meet our new Tenor Technician, Miles Rhea!

Miles Rhea is a music educator and performer out of Southeast Michigan. Outside of teaching Miles attends the University of Michigan-Dearborn for Urban Planning. He has taught with several programs around the metro Detroit area since 2023 and currently serves as the Battery Coordinator for the Huron Valley Marching Band.

Miles has performed with many groups, including the Michigan Marching Band where he spent two years as tenor drum rank leader. He also marched several WGI groups including Motor City Percussion (2020), Cap City 2 (2022), and Redline (2023-2025). Miles is also currently an active member of the Detroit Lions Drumline. 

Miles is passionate about helping students become the best percussionists and performers they can be, and is very excited to begin working with the quads this year at HVP. Welcome Miles!

Meet our new Front Ensemble Technician, Dennis Farmer! Dennis Farmer is an active percussion educator and arranger based...
09/24/2026

Meet our new Front Ensemble Technician, Dennis Farmer!

Dennis Farmer is an active percussion educator and arranger based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As an instructor, he has taught across numerous school programs in Michigan, including Clio, South Lyon East, and Wayne Memorial, as well as South Lyon Percussion, and NorthCoast Academy in their recent return season. Currently, he is the Front Ensemble Coordinator and Arranger at Northern Lights Drum & Bugle Corps.

Outside of the marching arts, Dennis is currently finishing his B.S.E. in Data Science and minor in Music from the University of Michigan, specializing in composition and environmental data science, and currently investigating gesture-based interfaces for controllable real-time music generation.

Dennis has performed on mallet-percussion with Redline (2020-2023), as well as on synthesizer with the Northern Lights (2024). As a performer and educator of Michigan percussion, Dennis is extremely excited to contribute to the success of Huron Valley Percussion. Welcome Dennis!,

Meet Lori Stanis, Our new front Ensemble technician! Lori is an educator based out of Southeast Michigan with a rich his...
09/23/2026

Meet Lori Stanis, Our new front Ensemble technician!

Lori is an educator based out of Southeast Michigan with a rich history in the percussive arts. She has taught with several high school groups, including Linden, Carmen Ainsworth, Farmington, and now she’s currently with the Huron Valley Marching Band as part of the front ensemble staff. In the indoor circuit, Lori was the director of Impact Percussion, based out of Genesee County and most recently was director for Farmington United Percussion Ensemble as they came back for their first year competing post Covid. She also has extensive experience as a concert band percussion clinician and technician.

Lori spent her own high school years competing in MCBA as part of the Linden Eagles Marching band and then completing two years of percussion ensemble under Dr. James Strain at Northern Michigan University before focusing on her major classes.

Currently, Lori spends her time split between work, teaching percussion, and wrangling her two ginger cats and 120 pound pitbull that believes he's a lap dog. She is so excited to join the staff at HVP and collaborate with the group in general. Lori is thrilled to share her passion for music and percussion with the members of HVP and she can't wait to see how the group will thrive and grow! Welcome Lori!

Meet Eric Anuswicsz! Our Artistic Coordinator.Eric is an educator, arts manager, designer, and composer from central Ind...
09/23/2026

Meet Eric Anuswicsz! Our Artistic Coordinator.

Eric is an educator, arts manager, designer, and composer from central Indiana. He has taught at numerous groups in southern and central Indiana including Center Grove, Avon, Brownsburg, and Franklin Central, as both a music and visual designer, and consultant. Eric has also worked with Cap City and Cap City 2, and is excited to bring his educator experiences to HVP!

Aside from the marching arts, Eric pursues his passion for music in a variety of ways. He graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Arts Management and a Bachelors of Music in Composition at the Jacobs School of Music. He currently works as an Artist Liaison and Program Designer for the Lotus World Music Festival, and continues his work as a freelancing composer.

With a formal background in the both the academic and classical worlds, Eric seeks to bring wellbeing and longevity to the marching arts, and performing arts as a whole. He believes art should be enjoyed by everyone, including the performers and artists that create it. He is excited to bring this philosophy to the program design of HVP this year! Welcome Eric!

Meet Spencer Jones, our new front Ensemble technician and audio engineer! Spencer is an educator and audio engineer out ...
09/22/2026

Meet Spencer Jones, our new front Ensemble technician and audio engineer!

Spencer is an educator and audio engineer out of Southeast Michigan. While living in Oregon, Spencer worked with a variety of groups in Portland, including Sunset, Glencoe, and Liberty Highschool's from 2015 - 2023. After moving back to Michigan, Spencer joined the Lake Orion Marching Band and Lake Orion Percussion as the front ensemble caption head from 2024 - 2026.

Spencer marched with the Seattle Cascades in 2014, and the Oregon Crusaders in 2016, 2017, and Oregon Crusaders Indoor from 2016 - 2018. Welcome Spencer!

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White Lake, MI
48383

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Monday 6am - 9pm
Wednesday 6am - 9pm
Saturday 8am - 4pm

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