Hall of Fame

Below are MPA Hall of Fame members and the year they were voted in. Each person below is in the Hall of Fame for significant contributions to the success of MPA. If you have any corrections, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

2016
	Beau Hansen
2011
	Paul Weber
2010
	Nick Moreno
2008
	Bob Johnson
2007
	Jay Coopersmith
2006
	Joel Matuzak
2004
	Rita Hennen
2003
	Barry Peterson
2001
	Dick Rausch, Tom Roe, Dan Hostetler

Instructor of the Year Award

MPA's memorial Instructor of the Year Award is named after Dick Rausch, who made tremendous contributions to the Minnesota drumline community and beyond as a long-time instructor and mentor.

Each director of an MPA member ensemble is able to submit nominations and vote for the recipient of the award each year, so it is an honor given by the winner's peers.

Here are the recent recipients:

2023: Justin Foell — MBI Winds
2022: Devon Melillo — Brandon Valley High School
2021: Ellie Mehr — Irondale High School
2019: Michael Brown — Grove Area Percussion and Grove Area Percussion 2
2018: Brian Veith — Dassel-Cokato High School
2017: David Schumann — Brookings High School, Groove Pursuit
2016: Bojan Hoover — River City Rhythm
2015: TJ Larum — Baldwin-Woodville High School, Phoenix Drumline
2014: Joe Asleson — Eden Prairie High School, Minnesota Brass Indoor
2013: Scott Palmer — Eden Prairie High School
2012: Rebecca Compton-Allen — Eden Prairie High School, Forest Lake High School
2011: Lee Krueger — Rochester-Lourdes High School
2010: Jade Warpeha — Dassel-Cokato High School
2010: Jordan Wein — Burnsville High School
2009: Bojan Hoover — Anoka High School
2008: Paul Weber — Irondale High School
2007: Beau Hansen — Becker High School
2006: Tom Gallus — Monticello Percussion Theatre

Strategic Plan

The 2022–2026 MPA Strategic Plan lays out the organization's goals and will serve as a guide as MPA continues to grow and improve throughout this time period.

Click here to see the full document.

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Mission Statement

The Minnesota Percussion Association is a nonprofit educational organization that exists to further the development of the marching arts and percussion performance, working with scholastic music programs and independent organizations.

Hall of Champions

Below are the class champions and (most of) the scores from MPA Championships since the beginning of MPA! If you would like to help fill in the missing scores, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Year	Class	Ensemble	Score
2022
	Winds Scholastic A Percussion Scholastic Concert Regional A Percussion Independent Regional A	River Valley Sound of Elk River High School Fusion Drumline of ISD 622 Lakeville Area Percussion	82.800 73.150 73.125
	Percussion Independent A	Groove Pursuit	85.925
	Percussion Scholastic Regional A Percussion Scholastic A Percussion Scholastic Open Percussion Independent Open	Buffalo High School River Valley Percussion Theatre of Elk River High School Brandon Valley High School River City Rhythm	81.275 88.050 87.600 90.550
	Percussion Independent World	MBI Indoor Percussion	88.250

2021 (Virtual Season)
	Percussion Scholastic Concert Regional A Percussion Scholastic Concert Independent A Percussion Scholastic Regional A	Henry Sibley High School Quad City Percussion Grove Area Percussion of ISD 279	83.000 80.750 84.500
	Percussion Scholastic A	Dassel-Cokato High School	88.100
	Percussion Independent A	Rochester-Lourdes High School	86.600

2020 (No Championships)


2019
	Percussion Scholastic Concert A Percussion Scholastic Regional A Winds Scholastic Regional A	Totino-Grace High School Grove Area Percussion 2 of ISD 279 Big River Motion of Menomonie High School	79.050 80.600 71.950
	Percussion Scholastic A	Dassel-Cokato High School	89.650
	Winds Scholastic A Percussion Independent A Percussion Scholastic Open Percussion Independent Open	River Valley Sound of Elk River High School Rochester-Lourdes High School Irondale High School River City Rhythm	80.375 80.600 86.525 86.575
	Percussion Scholastic World	Eden Prairie High School	82.200
	Percussion Independent World	Minnesota Brass Indoor	83.050

2018
	Percussion Scholastic Regional A Winds Scholastic Regional A	Grove Area Percussion 2 of ISD 279 Big River Motion of Menomonie High School	79.225 75.825
	Percussion Scholastic A	Irondale High School	90.800
	Winds Scholastic A Percussion Independent A Winds Independent A Winds Scholastic Open Percussion Independent Open	River Valley Sound of Elk River High School Crossroads Percussion Fleurish Winds Rosemount High School Winds River City Rhythm	79.675 84.750 84.625 83.975 84.950
	Percussion Scholastic World	Eden Prairie High School	82.050
	Percussion Independent World	Minnesota Brass Indoor	86.625

2017
	Percussion Scholastic Regional A	Grove Area Percussion of ISD 279	90.950
	Percussion Independent A	Groove Pursuit	85.225
	Percussion Scholastic A	Irondale High School	93.213
	Winds Scholastic A Winds Scholastic Open Percussion Scholastic Open Percussion Independent Open	River Valley Sound of Elk River High School Rosemount High School Winds River Valley Percussion Theatre of Elk River High School Chops Percussion Indoor	79.650 88.300 81.125 79.250
	Percussion Scholastic World	Eden Prairie High School	87.500
	Percussion Independent World	Minnesota Brass Indoor	91.450
2016
	Scholastic Regional A	Totino-Grace High School	88.613
	Scholastic A	Irondale High School	91.0
	Independent A	Phoenix Drumline	81.050
	Independent Open	River City Rhythm	89.125
	Scholastic World	Eden Prairie High School	91.2
	Independent World	Minnesota Brass Indoor	90.025
2015
	Scholastic Regional A	Henry Sibley High School	85.8
	Scholastic A	Burnsville High School	87.725
	Independent A	Phoenix Drumline	81.875
	Scholastic Open	River Valley Percussion Theatre of Elk River High School	86.225
	Independent Open	River City Rhythm	91.525
	Scholastic World	Eden Prairie High School	89.6
	Independent World	Minnesota Brass Indoor	91.550

2014
	Scholastic Regional A	Baldwin-Woodville High School	90.825
	Scholastic A	River Valley Percussion Theatre of Elk River High School	90.725
	Independent A	Aurora Indoor	84.525
	Scholastic Open	Irondale High School	90.3
	Independent Open	River City Rhythm	91.750
	Scholastic World	Eden Prairie High School	92.875
	Independent World	Minnesota Brass Indoor	90.450
2013
	Scholastic Regional A	Baldwin-Woodville High School	89.025
	Scholastic A	River Valley Percussion Theatre of Elk River High School	91.95
	Independent A	Groove Pursuit	85.575
	Scholastic Open	Irondale High School	88.6
	Independent Open	River City Rhythm	85.25
	Scholastic World	Eden Prairie High School	91.125
	Independent World	Minnesota Brass Indoor	89.9
2012
	Regional A Class	Henry Sibley High School	89.975
	Scholastic A Class	River Valley Percussion Theatre	91.65
		of Elk River High School
	Independent A Class	Rocori High School	79.35
	Scholastic Open Class	Eagan High School	90.00
	Independent Open Class	Minnesota Brass Indoor	92.3375
2011
	A Class	Rochester-Lourdes High School	93.15
	Independent A	River City Rhythm	93.75
	Open Class	Eagan High School	86.58
	Independent Open	Minnesota Brass Indoor	93.13
2010
	A Class	Burnsville High School	88.29
	Independent A	River City Rhythm	89.20
	Open Class	Eagan High School	91.43
	Independent Open	Minnesota Brass Indoor	92.95
2009
	Concert A	Sartell High School	80.40
	Scholastic A Class	Burnsville High School	87.50
	Independent A	Twin Cities Area Independent	86.95
	Concert Open	Anoka High School	85.50
	Open Class	Irondale High School	90.85
	Independent Open	Minnesota Brass Indoor	91.90
2008
	Regional A	Albany High School	71.2
	A Class	Coon Rapids High School	88.7
	Independent A	Kenosha Beats	81.9
	Open Class	Irondale High School	89.27
	Independent Open	Minnesota Brass Indoor	89.53
2007
	Regional A	Burnsville High School	87.27
	A Class	Becker High School	90.23
	Independent A	Dassel-Cokato High School	85.67
	Open Class	Champlin Park High School	91.67
	Independent Open	St. Cloud All-City	86.60
2006
	Regional A	Foley High School	88.45
	A Class	Henry Sibley High School	92.10
	Open Class	Champlin Park High School	91.95
	World Class	Eagan High School	89.70
2005
	Regional A	Henry Sibley High School	93.9
	A Class	Totino-Grace High School	87.4
	Concert Open	TomCats of Fridley	-
	Open Class	Champlin Park High School	91.3
	World Class	Eagan High School	91.2
2004
	A Class	Menomonie High School	88.1
	Open Class	Burnsville High School	89.7
	World Class	Eagan High School	93.2
2003
	A Class	Burnsville High School	89.4
	Open Class	Dassel-Cokato High School	91.2
	World Class	Eagan High School	95.6
2002
	A Class	Phoenix Drumline
	AA Class	Totino-Grace High School
	AAA Class	Eagan High School	93.9
2001
	A Class	Minnetonka High School	87.2
	AA Class	Sartell High School	89.64
	AAA Class	Eagan High School	95.2
2000
	AAA Class	Eagan High School
1999
	AA Class	Sauk Rapids High School
	AAA Class	Eagan High School
1998
	Independent Class	St. Cloud All-City Drumline
	AA Class	Sauk Rapids High School
	AAA Class	Eagan High School
1997
	A Class	Becker High School
	AA Class	Burnsville High School
	Independent Class	North Metro Cadets
	AAA Class	Eagan High School
1996
	A Class	Totino-Grace High School	70.0
	Independent Class	Phoenix Drumline	78.3
	AA Class	Bloomington-Kennedy High School	80.0
	Open Class	Irondale High School
1995
	A Class	Dassel-Cokato High School	71.8
	AA Class	Sauk Rapids High School	77.0
	Independent Class	Phoenix Drumline	76.7
	Open Class	Eagan High School	90.3
1994
	A Class	Dassel-Cokato High School	74.0
	Independent Class	Phoenix Drumline	78.6
	AA Class	Rocori High School	94.0
1993
	A Class	Bloomington-Kennedy High School	59.6
	AA Class	Eagan High School	82.6
	Open Class	Irondale High School	95.0

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