The following people are instrumental in helping our Director of Bands, Mr. Zoellers, make the Marching Chargers a success.

Amy Savage – Lead Percussion Instructor and Arranger

Amy Savage, a professional percussion specialist living in Holly Springs, NC, is active in the development of the contemporary concert and marching percussion ensemble. Currently, Amy serves as percussion instructor and arranger for the Cary and Northwood High Schools in North Carolina. Additionally, she consults, instructs and arranges for several high school marching band programs in the Raleigh-Durham area, and arranges for the Miami University Marching Band in Oxford, OH. Amy was the Director of Marching Percussion at Duke University in Durham, NC, and CO-founder of the Rhythm Alive Percussion Group for junior high and high school students in Pittsboro, NC. In the summer, Amy teaches at the Matt Savage and Alan Keown Marching Percussion Camps in North Carolina and Oregon. Amy also clinics and adjudicates around the country including with the Yamaha Sounds of Summer Camps, Atlantic Indoor Association (AIA), Carolina Winter Ensemble Association (CWEA), and Rocky Mountain Percussion Association (RMPA).

Amy recently won the WGI Richmond Percussion Regional and the AIA Percussion Scholastic Class A Championships with the Cary Indoor Percussion. As a member of the World Champion Garfield Cadets, Amy was awarded the DCI Individual’s Championship in ensemble percussion. During this time, she received her bachelor’s degree in music education from Miami University in Oxford, OH. Her extensive teaching and arranging experience with several Drum and Bugle Corps includes Jersey Surf, Cadets (formerly Garfield Cadets), Bluecoats, Glassmen, Poynton Commodores (England), and Starriders (Germany). Amy was featured in the May 2009 issue of Halftime Magazine in an article by Dennis Delucia entitled “Women of Marching Percussion”. Amy is published with Jalen Publishing and Row-Loff Productions.

Amy is a Yamaha Performing Artist, and is a proud Educational Clinician/Endorser for Malletech, Sabian Cymbals and Remo Incorporated.

Rebecca Clemens – Marching Tech/Brass Specialist

Becca is a music educator and freelance musician from Chapel Hill, NC. In 2016, she began teaching K-8 music at Silk Hope School in Siler City. Becca received a Bachelor’s of Music with education licensure from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Master’s degree in Bass Trombone performance from Texas State University. At Texas State she worked as a graduate assistant with the Bobcat Marching Band,Basketball Band, and the undergraduate brass methods classes. Becca currently serves as the Associate Director for the UNC Summer Jazz Workshop and as a sales representative for Sheridan Brass Instruments. She also enjoys an active freelance career playing and teaching throughout the triangle area.