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2025 WESTLAKE FOOTBALL PROGRAM
ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTORS ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTORS
BEN ARMENI
Mr. Armeni is a percussion performer, arranger, and educator hailing from Flowery Branch,
Georgia. He received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from the University of
North Texas and a master’s degree in Percussion Performance at University of Nebraska-Lin-
coln. Mr. Armeni’s primary musical instructors include Dave Hall, Christopher Deane, Paul
Rennick, Mark Ford, Ed Smith, Jose Aponte, and Poovalur Sriji.
Mr. Armeni was a part of the percussion sections at Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps (2014)
and the Santa Clara Vanguard (2015-2017) where he earned the Fred Sanford award for High
Percussion in 2016 and 2017. He has since taught at the Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps
(2019-2021) and is now on the percussion staff at the Bluecoats, where he won the Fred San-
ford award again in 2022 and a DCI World Championship Trophy in 2024.
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