Mike Leitzke

About

Mike Leitzke is a percussion/music adjudicator for Bands of America, Winter Guard International, and Drum Corps International who has served on DCI championship-week panels in both Open Class and World Class, including Music Percussion at the 2024 DCI World Championship Finals. A member of the Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps and the Rhythm X indoor percussion ensemble (earning its first WGI World Class title), he was front-ensemble caption head and arranger for Palmetto Percussion (2010 WGI Open Class champions) and has served on the faculty of the Colts and Troopers and as a clinician for The Cavaliers' GearWORKS series. He is an adjunct faculty member at Franklin High School in Tennessee and was appointed a CWEA Percussion/Winds Judge Coordinator.