SVBD Directors
Competitive Marching Band Staff
Brian Ernster
Brian Ernster joined our Storm marching staff in 2021. He has many years of experience with brass and marching with Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, The University of Colorado’s Golden Buffalo Marching Band, the Cal Band in Berkeley, CA, Denver’s Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps, the Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps from Concord, CA, and the 101st Army Band of the Colorado National Guard. He is a former marching band assistant at Cherry Creek HS and Arapahoe HS and has been a General Effect and Visual judge in Band and Winter Guard competitions in Texas and Colorado. Brian is still playing Trombone in the 204th Army Reserve Band, with over 28 years in various Army positions. He resides in Ridgefield with his wife, Janice, and two sons who participate in Skyview band, track, rugby, football, and wrestling.
Battery Coordinator
Isaac Cannon
A Portland native, Isaac has been a performing member of the Northwest Association for Performing Arts (NWAPA) since 2014. After being contracted with the Oregon Crusaders Indoor organization in 2017, he immediately became enthralled with the sheer athleticism and maturity it took to perform and compete at the highest level of the WGI and DCI activity. While studying music at Portland State University, Isaac additionally started his teaching career, sharing his love for the activity with many high school groups.
Isaac went on to perform with Impact Percussion for three consecutive seasons. He marched with The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps and was offered a contract with Dark Sky Percussion for the 2023 WGI season. After accumulating several years of performance and teaching experience from many world-class instructors, various schools around the country, and private rudimental lessons, Isaac has set a goal to represent the advancement and modernization of the marching arts in the Pacific Northwest.
Isaac joined the Skyview percussion staff as a battery technician in 2021.
Front Ensemble Coordinator
Survir Kaur
Survir is a Vancouver based musician and Educator. She started her career as a French hornist and trumpeter at Skyview High School and went on to learn percussion there. She is currently a member at Impact Percussion and anticipates marching with the Columbians DBC this summer. She currently resides in Vancouver, WA where she enjoys working at a daycare throughout the week. She made her NWAPA teaching debut this year at Kelso, Liberty, and Skyview High schools. She plans to attend a 4 year university to earn a music education degree and hopes to, one day, have her own program somewhere in the PNW.