Adam Wiencken (Broken Arrow HS & Spirit of Atlanta D&BC)

Adam Wiencken is the Percussion Specialist for Broken Arrow Public
Schools in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.  As Director of Percussion
and Battery Arranger for the Pride of Broken Arrow Marching Band,
the ensemble is a consistent Bands of America (BOA) Regional
Champion and Grand National Finalist.   In Adam’s tenure, The
Pride of Broken Arrow is a 10-time Regional Champion, a 6-time
Grand National Finalist, the BOA Grand National Runner-Up in 2012
and 2014, and the 2014 BOA Grand National Class AAAA Champion. In
2011 and 2015 The Pride of Broken Arrow was named the BOA Grand
National Champion. As Director and Founder of Broken Arrow High
School Indoor Percussion, the program has received high accolades
in its short history, capturing three Winter Guard International
(WGI) Regional Championships; Broken Arrow Indoor was a WGI World
Championship Scholastic World Semi-Finalist in 2017 and 2018. 
Also under Adam’s direction, the Broken Arrow High School
Percussion Ensemble performed at The 70th Midwest Clinic in
Chicago, Illinois in December of 2016. Adam currently serves as
Battery Arranger for the Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle
Corps.  Previously, Adam was a percussion staff member at The
Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps from 2013-2016; in 2013, The Cadets
were awarded the Drum Corps International (DCI) Fred Sanford Award
for High Percussion Performance. He previously served on the
instructional staff for the Santa Clara Vanguard, Troopers,
Crossmen, and Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps. Adam is an alumnus
of the Madison Scouts and The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps. Adam
is an active percussion arranger for various ensembles throughout
the country in addition to Broken Arrow HS, including BOA Grand
National Finalist Dobyns-Bennett HS (TN) since 2016. In addition,
he serves as an adjudicator for various indoor percussion circuits
throughout the United States and serves as the Percussion
Coordinator for Winter Guard and Percussion of Oklahoma. Adam
received his Bachelor's at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana
University in Bloomington, Indiana.  Throughout his studies at
Indiana, Adam studied with John Tafoya, Kevin Bobo, Steve Houghton,
and Craig Hetrick.   Adam is a Yamaha Performing Artist as
well as an educational artist for Innovative Percussion, Inc., Remo
Drumheads, Zildjian Cymbals, and MEINL Percussion.
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