Bret Kuhn

Bret Kuhn is an American Percussion Arranger, Program Coordinator, Clinician and Judge at multiple Drum & Bugle Corps and Marching Bands in the U.S. and Japan. He is a graduate of Truman State University. During college he was a member of the Disney World All American Band and has performed with such artists as Bobby Shew, Rich Matteson. As a professional player in Chicago he has played with The Chicago Big Band and the Mayo Tiana Big Band. Bret served as Caption Head and Percussion Arranger for the World Champion Chicago Cavaliers who won 6 World Championships and 5 High Percussion Awards during his tenure. He also consulted with The Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps 2006-2008. In 2010 he served as Program Coordinator for the Colts Drum & Bugle Corps. He was the Battery Arranger with the Phantom Regiment (2) Drum and Bugle Corps from 2014-2016. Bret has been on staff with the Cavaliers as an Ensemble Specialist since 2018. Bret is adjunct faculty at Northern Illinois University and Prospect High School. Bret is very active as an arranger for various high school’s and universities through out the U.S. and Japan. He also arranges for The Aimachi Marching Band and Indoor Drum line from Nagoya, Japan. They were Bronze medalists at WGI in 2006 and 2008. He travels extensively, performing and presenting clinics across the United States, Japan and Europe for the Yamaha Corporation, Avedis Zildjian, Remo and Innovative Percussion. Bret has judged Effect Music for WGI since 2013 as well as many other indoor percussion circuits across the country. Bret has written articles for publication in Percussive Notes Magazine and served on the Board of Directors for the Percussive Arts Society from 2005-2012. Bret is also a member of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, known as ASCAP.