Biography | |
Guards at Kamiak High School (Mukilteo, WA) for 12 years and grew the program into a premier scholastic guard in the PNW and a WGI SA Semi-Finalist, as well as designing for Glencoe HS (Hillsboro, OR) for 5 years including another WGI SA Semi-Finalist performance. In 2005 he helped found Rhapsody Performing Arts Winter Guards out of Seattle, WA where he continued to teach and design for 7 years, including two gold medal seasons at WGI in A and Open class. Recently he was a founding staff member of Cascadia Winterguard in Portland, OR in 2017, and supported Cascadia reaching a 10th place IA finalist position in only its 4th full season. As an adjudicator he’s worked with the NWPA, NWAPA, UCGC, MCCGA, WGAZ, CWEA, TCGC and various fall marching band competitions around the PNW and Arizona. As a performer he was a member of the Cascades Drum & Bugle Corps (Seattle, WA), Northern Lights Winterguard (Portland, OR), and the Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps (Concord, CA), as well as still actively dancing at numerous studios, festivals, and programs in Seattle. Jonathon also served as the President of the NWPA winterguard circuit from Seattle, WA for 7 years (‘08-‘14) and still diligently works to increase, improve, and support the colorguard activity all over the PNW. Jonathon lives in Seattle, WA with his husband Bill and works at Amazon, Inc. as a Learning Experience Designer focusing on Leadership Development. |