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**WGI World Championships Semi-Finalist**

Repertoire:
Bad Guy by Billie Eilish and Finneas
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Northeastern HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSA)  (Springfield, Ohio)

#indoorpercussion #indoordrumline #wgi #bad guy #billieelilish

Indoor Percussion Shows

"The Bad Guy" - Indoor Percussion Show

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Repertoire:
Original Music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble arranged by Nick Riley
Battery arrangements available upon request

Electronics Design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Clinton-Massie HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSCA) (Clarksville, OH)

#indoordrumline #indoorpercussion #wgi #bound

"Bound" - Indoor Percussion Show

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**Circuit Championship Gold Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
"Only Wanna Be With You" by Hootie & The Blowfish
"Ironic" by Alanis Morissette
"Macarena" by Los del Rio
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds and percussion arranged by Nick Riley

Backing Track designed by Drew Brown and Nick Riley

Commissioned by the Kent City HS Winter Winds (Kent City, MI)

#1996 #ironic #onlywannabewithyou #macarena #alanismorissette #hootie&theblowfish #losdelrio

"1996" - Winter Winds Show

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**Circuit Championship Silver Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and The News
"Habañera" from Carmen by Georges Bizet
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Maumee HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSRA) (Maumee, OH)

#indoorpercussion #indoordrumline #wgi #thepoweroflove #hueylewis #habanera #carmen #bizet

"The Power Of Love" - Indoor Percussion Show

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**Circuit Championship Gold Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Clinton-Massie HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSCA) (Clarksville, OH)

#indoorpercussion #indoordrumline #wgi #infinitefrontier

"The Infinite Frontier" - Indoor Percussion Show

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**Circuit Championship Finalist Show**

Repertoire:
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Impulse Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSA) (Wapakoneta, OH)

#indoorpercussion #indoordrumline #wgi #metamorphosis

"Metamorphosis" - Indoor Percussion Show

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**State Championship Finalist Show**

Repertoire:
The Noon Witch by Antonin Dvorak
I Put A Spell On You by Jay Hawkins
"Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds, front ensemble, and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design available upon request

Commissioned by the Harrisburg HS Marching Band (Harrisburg, SD)

#thecandyhouseinthewoods #thenoonwitch #dvorak #willywonka #iputaspellonyou

Harrisburg 2022

"The Candy House In The Woods" - Marching Band Show

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Repertoire:
"Coming Home From the Sea" from The Perfect Storm by James Horner
Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds, front ensemble, and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design available upon request

Commissioned by the Brookville HS Marching Band (Brookville, OH)

#jameshorner #theperfectstorm #boundbythesea #oceaneyes #billieeilish #cominghomefromthesea

Brookville MB 2022

"Bound By The Sea" - Marching Band Show

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**State Championship Gold Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
"Dueling Banjos" from Deliverance by Eric Weissberg
Cajun Folk Songs by Frank Ticheli
Coming Home by Skylar Grey
Bayou Breakdown by Brant Karrick
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds and front ensemble arranged by Nick Riley

Battery Design and Electronics Design available upon request

Commissioned by the Kent City HS Marching Band (Kent City, MI)

#duelingbanjos #ticheli #cajunfolksongs #cominghome #southernhomecomin #skylargrey #bayoubreakdown #brantkarrick

Kent City MB 2022

"Southern Homecomin'" - Marching Band Show

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**Circuit Championships Finalist Show**

Repertoire:
And So It Goes by Billy Joel
Symphony No. 25, Movement I by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Break On Through (to the Other Side) by The Doors
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds, front ensemble, and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design available upon request

Commissioned by the Greenon High School Marching Band (Enon, OH)

#marchingband #thedoors #billyjoel #mozart #breakonthrough #whenonedooropens

Greenon 2022

"When One Door Opens" - Marching Band Show

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Show-Style Marching Band Show (adaptable for competitive groups)

Repertoire:
We Will Rock You by Queen
Another One Bites the Dust by Queen
Who Wants To Live Forever by Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Don't Stop Me Now by Queen
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Front Ensemble and Electronics Design available upon request

Commissioned by the Circleville High School Marching Band (Circleville, OH)

#marchingband #queen #freddiemercury #don'tstopmenow #bohemianrhapsody #whowantstoliveforever #wewillrockyou #anotheronebitesthedust

Circleville 2022

"The Show Must Go On" - Marching Band Show

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Show-Style Marching Band Show (adaptable for competitive groups)

Repertoire:
"I Just Can't Wait to Be King" from The Lion King by Elton John and Tim Rice
"He's A Pirate" from Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt
"My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic by James Horner
"The Glory Days" from The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Front Ensemble and Electronics Design available upon request

Commissioned by the Milton-Union High School Marching Band (West Milton, OH)

#marchingband #eltonjohn #lionking #theincredibles #jameshorner #titanic #piratesofthecaribbean

Milton-Union 2022

"Music Of The Movies" - Marching Band Show

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**Circuit Championship Silver Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
Wicked Game by Chris Isaak
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Impulse Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSA) (Wapakoneta, OH)

"The Forgotten" - Indoor Percussion Show

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**Circuit Championship Silver Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble arranged by Nick Riley
Electronics Design by Drew Brown
Battery arrangement available upon request 

Commissioned by the Clinton-Massie HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSCA) (Clarksville, OH)

"On The Corner Of 5th And Vine" - Indoor Percussion Show

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**Circuit Championship Silver Medalist Show**
**WGI World Championships Finalist**

Repertoire:
Symphony No. 9 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds and percussion arranged by Nick Riley

Backing Track designed by Nick Riley

Commissioned by the Kent City HS Winter Winds (WSA) (Kent City, MI)

#beethoven #golf #symphony9

Kent City Winds 2023

"On The Back 9" - Winter Winds Show

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**Circuit Championship Silver Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
Invention No. 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Telephone by Lady Gaga (feat. Beyoncé)
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery by Nick Riley

Electronics design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Brookville HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSRA) (Brookville, Ohio)

#ladygaga #bach #techrevolution

"Tech Revolution" - Indoor Percussion Show

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Repertoire:
Movement II from Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble by Nick Riley

Battery by Bryce Hopwood

Electronics design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Troy HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSA) (Troy, Ohio)

#colosseum #beethoven #maninthearena

"The Colosseum" - Indoor Percussion Show

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Repertoire:
Everything In Its Right Place by Radiohead
Creep by Radiohead
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery by Nick Riley
Electronics design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Northeastern HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSA) (Springfield, Ohio)

#radiohead #creep #everythinginitsrightplace

"In Its Right Place" - Indoor Percussion Show

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Repertoire:
Swan Lake by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Song by Lana Del Rey
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds and front ensemble by Nick Riley
Battery by Maureen "Mo" Longo

Commissioned by the West Carrollton HS Marching Band (West Carrollton, Ohio)

#swanlake #cygnus #blackswan #tchaikovsky

"Cygnus: Betrayal At The Lake" - Marching Band Show

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Repertoire:
"Winter" from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
"Troika" by Sergei Prokofiev
"Athair Ar Neamh" by Enya
"Winterspell" by Thomas Bergersen
"In The Bleak Midwinter" by Gustav Holst
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds, battery, and front ensemble arranged by Nick Riley

Commissioned by the David W. Butler HS Marching Band (Matthews, NC)

#vivaldi #prokofiev #holst #ice #queen #enya #icequeen #marchingband

Marching Band Shows

"Ice Queen" - Marching Band Show

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**OMEA State Finalist Show**

Repertoire:
"Arabesque No. 1" by Claude Debussy
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds and front ensemble arranged by Nick Riley

Battery arrangements available upon request

Commissioned by the Westerville South HS Marching Band (Westerville, OH)

#block #blocked #debussy #arabesque #arabesqueno1 #marchingband

"Blocked" - Marching Band Show

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Repertoire:
"Shenandoah"
"America The Beautiful" by Samuel A. Ward
"Theme" from The Magnificent Seven by Elmer Bernstein
"Movement IV" from Symphony No. 9 - "From The New World" by Antonin Dvorak
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds, battery, and front ensemble arranged by Nick Riley

Commissioned by the Watkins Memorial HS Marching Band (Pataskala, OH)

#america #westernfrontier #newfrontier #americathebeautiful #shenandoah #themagnificentseven #symphonyno9 #fromthenewworld #samuelaward #elmerbernstein #dvorak

"New Frontier" - Marching Band Show

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Repertoire:
"Simple Gifts" by Joseph Brackett
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds and front ensemble by Nick Riley

Battery and Electronics Design available upon request

Commissioned by the Findlay HS Marching Band (Findlay, OH)

#marchingband #simplegifts #thesimplethingsinlife #josephbrackett

"The Simple Things In Life" - Marching Band Show

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Repertoire:
"Finale" from TRON: Legacy by Daft Punk
"Foreign Contaminant" from Wall-E by Thomas Newman
"The Gift of Mortality" from Bicentennial Man by James Horner
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds, front ensemble, and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Commissioned by the Apollo HS Marching Band (Owensboro, KY)

#marchingband #virtualreality #virtuality #wall-e #thegiftofmortality #bicentennialman #foreigncontaminant #jameshorner #thomasnewman #daftpunk

"Virtuality" - Marching Band Show

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**Circuit Championship Gold Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Impulse Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSRA) (Wapakoneta, OH)

#indoorpercussion #indoordrumline #wgi #reach #impulse

"Reach" - Indoor Percussion Show

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Repertoire:
"Rondo Alla Turca" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by James Steinman, performed by Bonnie Tyler
"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Dee Snider, performed by Twisted Sister
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Impulse Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSA) (Wapakoneta, OH)

#indoorpercussion #indoordrumline #wgi #revolution #impulse #mozart #totaleclipseoftheheart #bonnietyler #deesnider #steinman #twistedsister #werenotgonnatakeit #evolution

"(r)Evolution" - Indoor Percussion Show

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**Circuit Championship Gold Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design by Drew Brown

Commissioned by the Brookville HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSRA) (Brookville, OH)

#indoorpercussion #indoordrumline #wgi #entanglement #quantumentanglement

"Entanglement" - Indoor Percussion Show

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**Circuit Championship Gold Medalist Show**

Repertoire:
Original music by Nick Riley

Front ensemble and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Commissioned by the Brookville HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble (PSRA) (Brookville, OH)

#indoorpercussion #indoordrumline #wgi #line #shape #color

"Line, Shape, Color" - Indoor Percussion Show

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Repertoire:
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds and front ensemble arranged by Nick Riley

Battery arrangements available upon request

Commissioned by the Harrisburg HS Marching Band (Harrisburg, SD)

#dig #mine #mining #diamonds #marchingband #nickriley

"Dig" - Marching Band Show

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Repertoire:
The Great Wall by William Owens
Tamborin Chinois by Fritz Kreisler
Original music by Nick Riley

Winds, front ensemble, and battery arranged by Nick Riley

Electronics Design available upon request

Commissioned by the David W. Butler HS Marching Band (Matthews, NC)

#theredthread #nickriley #tamborinchinois #kreisler #owens

David W. Butler 2020

"The Red Thread" - Marching Band Show

Composer and arranger for the marching arts.  

Nick Riley (b. 1989) has been involved in the marching arts as a performer, educator, composer/arranger, ensemble administrator, and adjudicator since 2003.  

As founder of NPR Marching Concepts, Nick has composed/arranged over 600 works for marching band, indoor drumline, winter winds, and drum corps.  A sought-after and versatile composer, Nick is known for creating entertaining, accessible music that performers, audiences, and judges all enjoy.

Currently, Nick is pursuing a PhD in Music Education at The Ohio State University where he is a fully-funded Graduate Teaching Associate for the School of Music, instructing classes in instrumental pedagogy and music education as well as supervising student teachers in the field.  Nick earned his Master of Arts in Music Education from The Ohio State University in 2023 and his Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Capital University in 2011.

Prior to pursuing his graduate studies full time, Nick was the Director of Bands at Liberty Center Local Schools in northwest Ohio from 2012 to 2021 where he instructed all bands grades 5 through 12 and also taught courses in music appreciation and elementary and middle school general music.  The band program doubled in size and boasted highly successful concert band, marching band, and chamber ensembles.

Nick is the co-founder of ConneXus, a PIW indoor drumline based out of central Ohio where he also serves as Ensemble Director, Program Coordinator, Ensemble Specialist, Front Ensemble Instructor, and President of the CPAA, Inc. Board of Directors.  Since co-founding ConneXus in the summer of 2012, Nick has played an integral role in ConneXus' growth, helping to grow the group from PIA to PIW in just seven seasons.  ConneXus is a 4-time WGI Regional Champion and a 5-time WGI World Championships Finalist.  

Nick's previous staff appointments reflect a diverse background in the pageantry arts.  Nick served as the Assistant Visual Caption Head for Legends Drum and Bugle Corps (2011-13), Percussion Consultant for The Ohio State University Marching Band (2011-14), Front Ensemble Instructor for Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps (2014), and Visual Instructor for the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps (2016).  Nick has been on staff with the Gran Banda Drum and Bugle Corps from Medellin, Colombia, South America since 2014, serving on both the percussion and visual staffs.  Nick is currently the Percussion Composer/Arranger (2019-present) for the ensemble.  The "GB" is the first drum corps from South America to participate in DCI and is the 2014 DCI SoundSport Champion and 2017 runner-up.

As an adjudicator, Nick has been judging for the Ohio Music Education Association since 2012 and the Central States Judges Association since 2013.  Specializing in percussion and music general effect, Nick has judged in seven states and has been a Mid-States Band Association Championships judge annually since 2017.

Nick is proud to endorse Vic Firth, Sabian, Evans/D'Addario, and Black Swamp Percussion.  He is a member of OMEA, NAfME, PAS, CSJA, and PFCJ.  He resides in Columbus, Ohio.

NPR Marching Concepts: The Music of Nick Riley

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