our staff
Vincent Lucente - Executive Director/Front Ensemble Tech 
Vince Lucente currently attends Youngstown State University's Dana School of music in Youngstown, OH
where he is a candidate for a Bachelors Degree in Music Education. His teachers include Janet Pemberton,
Chris Kimble, John Peplowski, Rob Ferguson, Ron Coulter, Dr. Glenn Schaft, and Tom Freer.
Vince has performed with the Youngstown State University Percussion Ensemble, Marching Pride, Symphonic
Band, Concert Band, and Elements Indoor Percussion Ensemble. He is currently the Assistant Band Director,
Percussion Ensemble Director, and Percussion Coordinator at Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio. Vince also teaches
privately to students in the Austintown, Berlin Center, Girard, Hubbard, Liberty, Struthers, Warren,
and Youngstown Area.
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Dan Danch - Tenor Tech
Dan Danch currently attends Youngstown State University's Dana School of music in Youngstown, OH
where he is a candidate for a Bachelors Degree in Music Performance. His teachers include Justin Watt,
Janet Pemberton, Nathan Douds, Rob Ferguson, Dr. Glenn Schaft, Tom Freer, and Vernon Johnson. He has an
array of teaching experience from private lessons, outdoor drum lines and concert percussion sections
and ensembles as well as concert and marching bands. Dan has performed with such groups as the YSU
Marching Pride, YSU Jazz 3, Matrix Indoor Percussion Ensemble and the YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
His awards Include Honors band festivals and two world titles in marching snare and tenors. Last year
Dan was a finalist in New York for a position in Blue Man Group as a Blue Man. Currently Dan is an
arranger and is also the Assistant Band Director at St. Ignatius high school in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Greg Miller - Associate Percussion Caption Head
Greg graduated in December of 1999 with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Morehead
State University. While attending MSU Greg was a performing member of the Marching Band, Indoor
Percussion Ensemble, and Concert Percussion Ensemble. His drum corps experience includes playing
bass drum for the 1996 DCI Quarterfinalist and Division III Silver Medallist Golden Lancers Drum
and Bugle Corps from Pittsburgh, PA and the 1998 DCI World Finalist Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps
from Toledo, OH. Greg has also instructed and taught many high school percussion sections
throughout Ohio and Kentucky including Campbell County High School in Alexandria, KY and
Newark High School in Newark OH. He is currently serving as arranger and director of percussion
for the Westerville North High School Band in Westerville, OH. Greg currently resides in
Westerville, OH.
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about elements
Elements Indoor Performance Ensemble is operated under Elements Youth
Organization, Inc. a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The corporation is
operated exclusively for educational purposes and strives to provide its members
positive experiences by emphasizing education, leadership skills, and creativity
through pageantry and the performing arts.
our circuits
Elements is an indoor performance ensemble that is competitive at both the state
and national levels. Elements will compete in both MEPA (state circuit) and WGI
(national level).
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