OUR STAFF
Joseph Avery
DIRECTOR / VISUAL DESIGN / BATTERY ARRANGER
Joseph Avery is a band director, percussion educator, active composer/designer and drill writer out of the Central Valley California area, specializing in battery technique and percussion performance. Receiving his degree in Music Education from California State University, Fresno, he is an alum of the Bulldog Marching Band, Red Wave’s parent program.
Joseph is currently the Associate Director of Bands for Buchanan Educational Center, which includes Buchanan High School and Alta Sierra Intermediate (Clovis, Ca.). He is also the percussion caption head and arranger for Fresno State’s Bulldog Marching Band. Joseph has worked with, choreographed, written, designed, consulted, and taught for a multitude of high schools and middle schools on the West Coast since 2007.
Joseph’s performance in the percussion community has taken place both indoors and outdoors with Carolina Crown, Sacramento Freelancers Indoor, and the Concord Blue Devils organization. He proudly endorses Innovative Percussion, Remo, Yamaha, and Zildjian as an educational artist.
Joseph currently resides in Madera, California with his wife Stephanie and two dogs, Remington and Aida.
Albert Avery
FRONT ENSEMBLE ARRANGER / SOUND DESIGN / MEDIA
Albert is a designer, writer and educator from Clovis, California. He has received his BS in Business Administration from California State University, Fresno. Outside of the marching arts, Albert focuses on community management and social media engagement, along with UI/UX design.
In the marching arts, he is a front ensemble arranger, instructor and electronic designer for Clovis High School. In addition, he is the sound engineer and front ensemble arranger for the Fresno State Bulldog Marching band, along with being the front ensemble arranger, sound designer, and media manager for Red Wave Indoor, Fresno State's independent open percussion ensemble in the Central Valley.
This is Albert’s third year working with Red Wave Indoor.
He continues to write for various ensembles in the Central Valley, along with being a consultant specializing in amplification, electronics, and sound design for the marching arts.
Albert proudly endorses Vic Firth Sticks/Mallets, and Zildjian Cymbals.
Albert lives in Clovis, CA.
Matt Dye
BATTERY MANAGER / SNARE TECHNICIAN
Bio coming soon!
Spencer Garcia
SNARE TECHNICIAN
Bio coming soon!
Ray Rivera
TENOR TECHNICIAN
Ray Rivera graduated from Tulare Union High School in 2012. He marched Valley Independent Percussion in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016. In 2015 and 2016 Ray served as the tenor drums section leader. Ray also marched Blue Devils B Corps in the summers of 2015 and as section leader in 2016. For his last season in 2017, Ray marched in Bakersfield College Indoor.
Ray has taught throughout the central valley for the past 8 years for schools that include Live Oak Middle School, Exeter Union High School, Buchanan High School, Glacier Point Middle School, Reyburn Intermediate, Central High School, and Clovis East High School. He also is currently on staff at Blue Devils B as their quad tech. Ray is currently a student at Fresno City College majoring in Music Education and Mathematics. He plans to transfer to Fresno State to continue his work towards a degree.
Horacio Gutierrez
TENOR TECHNICIAN / MEDIA
Bio coming soon!
Zackary Potter
BASS TECHNICIAN
This is Zack’s third season on staff with Red Wave Indoor. He also teaches at Clovis High School three years and running. His marching experience includes Valley Independent Percussion, Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps, Orange County Independent Percussion, and Pulse Percussion.
Outside of the marching activity he has received a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Fresno State and works as media in esports and tech support.
Zack lives in Fresno, CA.
Kheffy Cervantez
BASS TECHNICIAN
Kheffy Cervantez attended Tulare Union High School and was a member of the drum line from 2011-2014. Throughout the last 2 years of high school he also competed with the Independent Open group Valley Independent Percussion as well as DCI Open Class Corps, Blue Devils B. He became section leader of both bass lines at the age of 17 and helped the group achieve their first PIO Bronze Medal and 4th DCI Open Class Championship.
After graduating from high school Mr. Cervantez would travel every weekend to southern California to perform with the 6 time World Champion PIW group - Riverside City College. Kheffy spent 4 years at RCC helping win a championship title in 2015, as well as 2018. He spent his last two years (2018, 2019) as part of the leadership team helping guide the group to two successful seasons. Kheffy also performed one season with the 19 time world champions, the Concord Blue Devils in their 2017 production "Metamorph".
Aside from his marching career, Kheffy has assisted in many high schools as a Bass Drum Technician as well as Visual Designer throughout the Valley including: Buchanan HS, Clovis HS, Central HS, and Tulare Union HS.
Hannah Boyer
CYMBAL TECHNICIAN
Bio coming soon!
Ivan Reyes
CYMBAL TECHNICIAN
Bio coming soon!
Marcus Zellous
VISUAL TECHNICIAN / CHOREOGRAPHER
Marcus is in his fourth season as a part of the Red Wave staff as a visual technician and choreographer. He is currently a music teacher in Lemoore, California as an elementary band and choir teacher. He obtained his music education degree from Fresno State University, his teaching credential from Fresno Pacific University, and is on course to receive his Masters of Arts in teaching at Fresno Pacific University in the Spring of 2020.
Marcus has taught and/or choreographed for numerous indoor and outdoor ensembles in the Central Valley, including Lemoore HS, Golden West HS, Bullard HS, Edison HS, Washington Union HS, Clovis HS, Buchanan HS, Kingsburg HS, Clovis North HS, and Valley Independent Percussion. He was a part of the teaching staff for the inaugural Red Wave season (and the subsequent seasons), and currently choreographs for Victor J. Andrew HS percussion of Tinley Park, Illinois.
As an instructor for the United Spirit Association drum major staff, Marcus taught military and mace spinning, field conducting, and leadership to middle school and high school students in California, Oregon, and Washington from 2001-2006. He also served as the drum major choreographer for the USA All Star Drum Majors for the London New Year’s Day Parade in 2006. Further drum major experience includes Lemoore HS (1998-2000), Fresno State (2002-2004), and Fever Drum and Bugle Corps (2005).
Outside of the band world, Marcus serves as the Communications Director at South Valley Community Church in Lemoore, and operates social media for the church.
Marcus and his wife live in Lemoore, and they enjoy traveling, musicals, and being foodies.
Amanda Steinhauer
FRONT ENSEMBLE CAPTION HEAD
Bio coming soon!
Cheyenne Garcia
FRONT ENSEMBLE TECHNICIAN
Bio coming soon!
Regine Abad
FRONT ENSEMBLE TECHNICIAN
Bio coming soon!