Nick Pisarczyk

MUSIC

PERFORMER

I've performed with numerous high level drum corps, indoor percussion, band, and orchestra ensembles. My experiences with these organizations have taught me self-accountability, timeliness, teamwork and leadership skills, and a level of professionalism and excellence you only develop from constantly being around the best.

EDUCATOR

Now, I'm experiencing the marching arts from the other side of the activity. I work with the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps as a visual instructor and Plymouth Canton Winter Percussion on the battery percussion staff, where I'm helping students become the best versions of themselves—as performers, and people.

MUSICIAN

Aside from that, there's a reason I build the rest of my life around music—I simply love playing with others and creating meaningful live performances! I've always been drawn to music and performance.

WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?

I often find that my UX and musical positionalities build on each other. The lessons I learned from drum corps and indoor about teamwork, resilience, and being a self-sufficient and motivated team member carry over seamlessly to UX teams, while my project-oriented tendencies, unwavering focus, and resourcefulness with technology and the personal connections I create help me every day as a musician and educator.

MARCHING PERFORMANCE

All marching percussion EXPERIENCE on snare drum

* Denotes leadership role

Drum Corps International (DCI)

The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps (Rosemont, IL)

2026

Music City Drum Corps (Nashville, TN)

2025

River City Rhythm (Anoka, MN)

2024* / 2023

Winter Guard International (WGI)

Redline Percussion (Plymouth, MI)

2027 / 2026 / 2025

Motor City Percussion (Detroit, MI)

2024* / 2023

MidMichigan Impact (Midland, MI)

2022*

Marching Band

University of Michigan Marching Band (Ann Arbor, MI)

2026* / 2025 / 2024 / 2023

Dow High School Marching Band (Midland, MI)

2022* / 2021* / 2020 / 2019

OTHER PERFORMANCE

University-Affiliated

University of Michigan "University Band" (highest level non-major ensemble)

FA26* / WN26 / FA25 / WN25 / FA24 / FA23

University of Michigan Hockey Band (sub)

FA25

University of Michigan Basketball Band (drumset)

2024-2025 / 2023-2024

Other

Chemical City Band (concert percussion; Midland, MI)

2024 / 2022

Dow High Jazz Band

2022 / 2021

Midland Concert Band (concert percussion; Midland, MI)

2022

Mark Shelly's School of Rock (drumset; Midland, MI)

2022 / 2021

Dow High Symphony Orchestra (concert percussion)

2022* / 2021

Dow High Symphonic Band (concert percussion)

2022* / 2021* / 2020

Resonators Percussion Ensemble (concert percussion/drumset Midland, MI)

2021 / 2020 / 2019

TEACHING

Drum Corps International (DCI)

The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps (Rosemont, IL) - 2027

Winter Guard International (WGI)

Plymouth Canton Educational Park Winter Percussion (Plymouth, MI) - 2027

WHAT'S WGI? WHAT'S DCI?

Winter Guard International (WGI) Indoor Percussion is marching percussion turned into a high-energy theatrical production. Take the intensity of a drumline and front ensemble made up of keyboard and accessory percussion, move it into a gym, add demanding music, precise choreography, elaborate visual design and storytelling, and electronic soundscapes from synthesizers, and you've got a taste of indoor.

Indoor groups comprising of members up to 23 years old across the country spend months rehearsing their shows. Most practice for entire weekends, from late October through April. Throughout the season, they compete at regional events, where the performers are adjudicated based on their musical and visual performance, as well as effectiveness of the show concept. The season culminates in April at the WGI Percussion World Championships in Dayton, Ohio, where the activity’s best independent and scholastic ensembles compete on its biggest stage.

I marched with Redline Percussion for three seasons, from 2025-2027. During that time, I'll gave up over 2,000 hours in rehearsal weekend time alone, not accounting for practice outside of rehearsal, which is mandatory at this level.

Redline rehearses Fridays 8p-12a, Saturdays 10a-11p, and Sundays 11:30a-6:30p, along with a 4-day holiday camp between Christmas and New Year's.

Redline helped shape me into an incredible leader, teammate, and person. It's a special place, and I miss it every day I'm not there. Check out a video of my final performance with Redline from the 2026 season below.