Parker Brown

Parker Brown is a musician, arranger, and educator residing in the Ogden area. Parker started his marching career at Weber High where he marched three seasons and served two seasons as center snare both for the outdoor and indoor seasons. After high school Parker spent three years marching with the Weber State Wildcat Band from 2016 – 2018, serving as center snare in the 2018 season. Parker is also an alumni of Weber State Indoor Percussion 2015 – 2017.

Parker started his teaching career as the Percussion Caption Head at Ogden High in 2017. Since joining the percussion team, the percussion section has taken the Outstanding Percussion award in 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022 at the state Red Rocks competition. Additionally, the band has won two first place awards, one in 2021 and one in 2022. In 2017 Parker also took over the role as the Program Director for the Ogden High School indoor percussion program. Under his direction Ogden has placed 2nd in 2018, 4th place in 2022, took 1st place at the WGI Regional in 2023, and took first place in 2023 at IMPA Championships. Parker started working with Gold Spike Percussion in 2019, serving as a battery instructor from 2019 - 2021, before accepting the position as the Battery Caption Head in the 2022 season. Parker has been the Tour Manager for The Battalion since 2024.