Taha Ahmed received his Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, he resides in the Houston area where he is the Percussion director of Cy-Fair

High School and is an active coordinator, instructor, consultant, arranger, designer, and private lesson teacher at numerous other high schools in the area.

Taha currently serves as the Percussion supervisor for The Blue Knights Drum & Bugle corps.  

Taha’s previous instructional experience includes: 

The Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps (2020- 2024), The Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps (2016 - 2019), and Spirit of Atlanta Drumand Bugle Corps (2015). 

Taha’s performing experience includes being a snare drummer at the Bluecoats 2012, Academy 2011, Santa Clara Vanguard 2010, and the Troopers in 2009 and

2008. During his drum corps career, Taha was privileged to learn from instructors such as Mike Jackson, Murray Gusseck, Ralph Hardimon, Glen Crosby, Roger Carter, Eric Shriver, Matt Ramey, Jim Ragsdale, Kevin Welborn, Rick Barclay, Derrick Fields, and Brian Stevens.

In the indoor scene, Taha has also experienced multiple seasons of success as an instructor.

Taha is currently the Program Coordinator, Visual Designer, and Battery Coordinator for Monarch Independent Percussion. He has been working with Monarch since their inaugural season in 2015. He is also currently on staff at: Cy-Fair HS (PSW), Clear Brook HS (PSW), and Bridgeland HS (PSW). 

Taha was the Battery Coordinator and Movement Specialist for the 2014

WGI Independent A Gold Medalist, Lone Star Independent.

Taha proudly endorses Pearl / Adams, Remo, Vic Firth, and Zildjian.

Emily Magee is the Assistant Percussion Director with Reedy High School in Frisco, Texas, where she also works with Pearson Middle School and Pioneer Heritage Middle School.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Middle Tennessee State University in Instrumental Music Education and her Master’s Degree from Texas Christian University in Percussion Performance.  She has proudly studied under Lalo Davila, Dr. Brian Mueller, Julie Davila, Matt Jordan, Dr. Brian A West, Joey Carter, and Jeff Hodge. 

Emily marched several seasons of DCI and WGI. She has been the front ensemble coordinator for the Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps, and currently works with Spirit of Atlanta and Monarch Independent Percussion. Emily has cliniced multiple high school and middle school percussion programs throughout Tennessee, North Carolina, and Texas.  She also co-owns and operates a marching percussion arrangement/composition company, EMDS Percussion. 

Emily is proudly involved with the Percussive Arts Society and has been a member since 2015. She won the 2016 Chamber Percussion Competition, Performed in 2019,  and served as the committee chair for the University Student Committee from 2019 - 2024. Emily proudly endorses Innovative Percussion

Clif Walker - Kansas City MO - is an arranger/composer with original works performed at PASIC, TMEA DCI, BOA and The Midwest Band Orchestra Clinic . 

He was a percussion staff member (2018-2024) and design team member (2019-2024) and front ensemble arranger (2020-2024) with The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, recipients of the 2023 DCI Fred Sanford Award for High Percussion. 

He is adjunct faculty at the University of Missouri where he teaches in the percussion studio as well as director of the Marching Mizzou Drumline. 

Clif is percussion designer/ front ensemble arranger with the Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps.

Clif is a faculty member for the Music For All Summer Symposium and is a member of the BOA and WGI Adjudication Roster. 

He served as the director of percussion/arranger for BOA Grand National Finalist Blue Springs High School (2011-2015), and at Timber Creek High School in Orlando, Florida (2001-2008), who performed at the Percussive Arts Society International (PASIC) as the high school International Percussion Ensemble Competition winners in 2005. He is the front ensemble arranger for BOA Grand National Finalist Carmel High School and was recently selected as drumline coordinator/arranger for the 2026 Tournament of Rose Parade BOA Honor Band.

Clif is holds an MME from the University of Central Florida and is published with Musicon and Tapspace and proud to endorse Yamaha Musical Instruments, Evans Drumheads, Zildjian Cymbals and Innovative Percussion Sticks and Mallets.

Paul Weber is a marching percussion designer, educator, and clinician from the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Paul has eleven years of World Class drum corps teaching experience working with the Madison Scouts, Blue Stars, Southwind, and the Blue Knights where he served as batterie coordinator and percussion captionhead. Paul marched in the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps from 1998-2001 where he served as quad line section leader in 2000 & 2001 and placed first in the 2001 DCM Individual and Ensemble competition. Weber has worked with the River City Rhythm drum corps and indoor drumline in capacities ranging from program coordinator, batterie arranger, and consultant since the inception of both programs. Paul has been the director of the Irondale High School drumline (New Brighton, MN) since 2003. During his tenure, the Irondale drumline has made eight WGI World Championship finals appearances and has been awarded medals in both Open and A class, including a WGI World Championship in 2023.

Paul Weber served as the President of the Minnesota Percussion Association for 11 years and is a member of the MPA Hall of Fame. He is the director of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ PACKcussion drumline, and has served on the WGI Percussion Advisory Board. Weber is an active clinician, having been invited to present at numerous indoor percussion seminars, including WGIcon 2024.