Matt Hahn: Founder/Music Designer
Matt Hahn is an active designer and percussion educator in the Dayton, OH area. Matt is currently the Front Ensemble Designer for the Madison Scouts Drum And Bugle Corps. In 2012, Matt founded Resonant Music Design, a company specializing in marching arts design and education of all kinds. You can view samples of his work at www.resonantmusicdesign.com.
Matt was a member of Rhythm X from 2005 - 2008 and was a staff member from 2009 - 2015. Matt also was a member of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps from 2006 - 2007 in the front ensemble, and was a staff member from 2009 - 2012. Matt graduated from Miami University (OH) in 2008 with a Bachelor's of Arts in Music Education degree.
In 2013, Matt was elected to the Board of Directors of the Mid East Performance Association (MEPA) circuit and was recently elected as Vice President of Percussion for the circuit.
Matt is a proud sponsor of Innovative Percussion, Zildjian Cymbals, and Evans/Planet Waves products. He currently lives in Springboro, OH with his wife Sara, his sons Micah and Ezra, and their dog Remi.
Noah Bellamy: Visual Designer
Noah Bellamy is originally from Centerville, Ohio. After graduating from high school, Noah took part in a series of special studies at the internationally acclaimed University of North Texas. In 2002, Noah graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington, and then earned a masters in music from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
After marching with the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in 1996, Noah went on to teach visual performance at Centerville High School. While serving as a visual specialist and caption head from 1997-2005, the band won 12 Bands Of America Regional Championships, as well as the high visual award at Grand National Championships in 2003.
In 2005, Noah moved to South Florida and began teaching at Miami Beach Senior High School, where he started a scholastic winter drumline program, as well as a percussion class that has been modeled by many other schools across the country through the published article entitled "Creating Student Involvement Through The Use Of Percussion Instruments."
While in Florida, he became the visual designer for the consistent WGI World Class finalists, Infinity Percussion as well as for the 2010 and 2011 WGI Open Class silver medalist, Stryke Percussion, now PIW. He also began writing for and working with some of the most successful marching bands in the state, including JP Taravella, Seminole, Stoneman Douglas, and Cypress high schools.
Noah lives in Canton, Mich., where he is the visual designer and visual caption head for the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band. He designs drill for bands across the country including Texas, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina. Noah has worked with or written for groups that have made finals in every class in WGI as well as BOA and other marching circuits around the country. He maintains a busy schedule of writing drill, judging in both the fall and the winter, and consulting with various marching ensembles from around the world, most recently traveling to Taiwan as the visual caption head and designer for the 2014 Taiwan International Marching Band Camp. Noah is an educating artist for Dynasty Band USA, Innovative Percussion, and Remo.
Ryan Ellis: Battery/Visual Designer
Ryan Ellis is from Lebanon, OH and is an active designer and educator in the Dayton and Cincinnati area. He is currently the director, designer, and visual coordinator of the Lebanon high school indoor drumline and marching band. Ryan founded the Marching Arts Society in 2017, which offers an online world class education to anyone involved in the marching arts. You can learn more about this at marchingartssociety.com
Ryan has performed as a snare drummer with multiple world class organizations. He was a member of the Spirit of Atlanta drum and bugle corps in 2012. He then went on to perform with the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps in 2013 and 2014. Ryan finished his DCI career at the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps where he was a member from 2015-2017. Ryan also performed with Rhythm X from 2013-2018. Through his marching career he was a medalist 9 times, 4 of which were gold.
Cameron Halls: Music Designer
Cameron Halls is an active percussion educator and arranger based in Dayton, OH. He is a graduate of Michigan State University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Music Education. Cameron is an accomplished marching and concert percussionist, having extensive performance experience in both fields. While at Michigan State, he performed in their Wind Symphony, Percussion Studio, and the Spartan Marching Band, as well as DCI & WGI groups including the Blue Devils, Carolina Crown, NorthCoast Academy, and Rhythm X.
Cameron is currently the Percussion Director at Bellbrook HS as well as the Battery Coordinator for the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps. He is a part of the Vic Firth/Zildjian Education Team and proudly endorses their products.
Jeremy Jorgenson: Visual Designer
Jeremy Jorgenson has been involved in the marching arts for nearly 20 years. He is a 5 time WGI medalist as a performer with Westerville South HS and Rhythm X. As President of JJ Visual Design, LLC, he has designed and consulted for scholastic and independent ensembles from across the United States and Japan. In 2015, he founded MarchingDotBook.com, which provides simple dot books for highly competitive ensembles.
Outside of the pageantry world, Jeremy serves as Vice President and CIO of Robin Technologies Inc., a multimedia/web development firm based out of Worthington, OH. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Art from Ohio State University. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Sarah, and their twin sons Jake and Sam.
Alex McIntosh: Battery Designer
Alex McIntosh is a performer, educator, and clinician in music programs in the state of Ohio. He obtained his Bachelor Degree in Music Education from Miami University in 2012.
Alex has served on and directed the percussion departments at many successful high school programs throughout the state of Ohio. He is currently on staff at both Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he also arranges music for the marching band.
Alex is highly active in the world music genre of percussion—he has gone on national tours with the Miami University Steel Band and has performed in the Global Rhythms festival under the direction of Srinivas Krishnan, where he was afforded the opportunity to perform with Grammy and Tony Award winning percussionists like Valerie Naranjo, Jeff Queen, Victor Mendoza, and Glen Velez.