HISTORY
POW Percussion started as “Pulse Open” in 2011 receiving the bronze medal in the Independent Open class. The next season the ensemble was promoted to World Class and was a finalist its first year - hence the name “Pulse Open World,” POW. The ensemble has remained in the world class division ever since.
POW PERCUSSION
PLACEMENT HISTORY
2025 PIW: WGI 11th Place || SCPA 4th Place “Letters to My Younger Self”
2024 PIW: WGI 10th Place || SCPA 4th Place - “Drawn to the Flame”
2023 PIW: WGI 11th Place || SCPA 4th Place - “Asylum”
2022 PIW: WGI 10th Place || SCPA 4th Place - “Wonderland”
2020 PIW: Season cancelled due to COVID - “Jekyll and Hyde”
2019 PIW: WGI 8th Place || SCPA 4th Place - “Dia De Los Muertos”
2018 PIW: WGI 11th Place || SCPA 4th Place - “The Fate of Kings”
2017 PIW: WGI 11th Place || SCPA 4th Place - “Caged”
2016 PIW: WGI 13th Place || SCPA 4th Place - “Hands”
2015 PIW: WGI 12th Place || SCPA 4th Place - “What Do I Desire?”
2014 PIW: WGI 10th Place || SCPA Bronze - “Fahrenheit 451”
2013 PIW: WGI 17th Place (11th place before timing penalty) || SCPA Bronze - “Return to Innocence”
2012 PIW: WGI 10th place || SCPA Bronze - “Obsessed”
2011 PIO: WGI Bronze || SCPA Gold - “One Foot in Front of the Other”
POW PERCUSSION 2025 MEMBERS
SNARES
Sanji Nagata
Matthew London
Dylan Langenwalter
Finn Burns
Ken Yamada
Noah Molimoli
Esteban Mejia
Luis Ramirez
TENORS
Aiden Choi
Nathan Proctor
Dominic Ferrari
Niko Swe
Ethan Greek
BASS
Declan Lee
Eric Lee
Aiden Gamez
Kevin Phan
Lucas Kornilov
CYMBALS
Joseph Amaro
Audrey Hui
Ashley Lo
Imagin Flores
Marc Valencia
FRONT ENSEMBLE
Nathan Jalal
Sami P. Te
Daniel Espinosa
Cory Fairbanks
Oscar Chiang
Melody Gonzales
Sophia Munoz
Sussan Rivas
Mishou Liu
Aidan Banico
Visual
Brooke Bartholomew
Erick Marroquin
Shawn Green
Angie Li
Dee Tran
Kira Liu
Julie Nguyen
Ava Carr
Rylan Ravago
Aliyah Koya