Rene-Ormae Jarmer – Director
René Ormae-Jarmer is an experienced drum teacher and percussion specialist with more than 30+ years of teaching, recording and live performance. She has a BA in music from Lewis & Clark College and is a member of
HERE COMES EVERYBODY, an established piano-rock band. She teaches Rock, Jazz, and Latin at all levels and conducts clinics in many schools in the Portland and Clackamas areas. René is also a member of The Veronica Lodge (a chapter of the Immersion Composition Society) a songwriting super-group that writes, records, and presents 6 songs within a 24-hour period every month (since 2004). René performs in musical theatre, several PDX bands, and toured the West Coast, been on TV and Radio with her band HCE. She is a Vic Firth Educator and PAS Member.
Call 503-704-1934 for more information.
Byron Hall – Assistant Caption Head
Eric Yahrmarkt – Music Caption
Eric Yahrmarkt is an accomplished percussion instructor and arranger with experience teaching, performing and writing for ensembles of all ages. Eric has worked for middle school concert and parade programs, competitive high school marching bands and indoor drumlines, conference university drumlines, Open and World Class DCI ensembles, and independent and scholastic WGI ensembles. His experience in the Pacific Northwest spans 20 years of competitive percussion excellence, private instruction, and performance. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Percussion Performance under professor David Jarvis at Washington State University (2000-2004). From 2000 to 2002 Eric performed in the tenor line with the Seattle Cascades Drum Corps.
Eric’s teaching experience in the Portland metro area from 2007-2018 includes Seattle Cascades, Oregon Crusaders, OC Indoor, Sunset High School, Liberty High School, Beaverton SD middle schools, Rex Putnam High School, Evergreen high School, Southridge High School, Canby High School and an active private lesson studio. Currently he serves as the Percussion Director for Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, WA. He currently resides in Edmonds WA with his wife Andrea.
Ashley Hilfer – Visual Tech, Cymbal Tech
Maximilian Logan – Visual Designer
William Jensen – Bss Drum Tech
Jeffrey Brice – Front Ensemble Tech, Audio Engineer, Technical Engineer

Jeffrey Brice