Mike Dow

MIKE DOW - BASS DRUM INSTRUCTOR

Mike Dow began his marching career at age 16 with the Crossmen. He went on to perform 4 years with the Crossmen, and aged out of DCI with Madison Scouts in 2006. During this time, Mike also performed in WGI with United Percussion. 

Mike later went on to work at United Percussion, first as a bass drum instructor, later moving on to Staff and Ensemble Coordinator. Mike also spent summers on the percussion staffs at the Troopers, Carolina Crown, Madison Scouts, The Cadets, and the Crossmen.

He has also done work as a teacher and designer for several high school programs in the NJ/PA area, as well as adjudicated in the percussion and visual captions.

Mike currently lives in Los Angeles, where he is a Project Manager for a music branding company.

2024 is Mike’s 2nd season instructing at Dark Sky.