In
1990 Cedric was born in Kiel, in the north of Germany and is currently living near
Hamburg. He started his musical career in a
local marching band (Show- Brassband Heikendorf) with the age of 6.
Through the years he played Cymbals, Snare and Tenor and gained
his first experiences as an Instructor and Arranger.
In 2010 he was founding the Beatz Percussion Ensemble with
2 of his friends. Til today he's director and designer. The ensemble started to compete at WGI/CGN in 2016 and earned a
4th place at CGN A Class finals in 2017. Beatz has been the first German
independent indoor percussion unit competing at CGN.
For the 2011 season, he joined the snareline of the Starriders Drum &
Bugle Corps and marched there until 2015. From 2013 he was the Battery Sectionleader.
2013 also marks the spot where Cedric joined the indoor percussion
ensemble European X from the Netherlands. He spent 4 winters there and also had the possibility to compete
at WGI in
Dayton, Ohio in 2016. During these years he earned 3 CGN gold medals.
2016 was his first year of teaching drum corps as the Starriders Battery Caption
Head and Percussion Coordinator. He is currently holding these position and is their Battery Arranger for
the 2018 season. During his time at the Starriders he became german drum corps
champion 7 times in total.
Since 2015 Cedric is also signed as an Artist/Educator for Innovative Percussion
Inc. from Nashville, Tennessee and is proudly endorsing their products.
Besides that, he did various other projects as instructor and
arranger and is offering clinics/ further education all
over germany.
He is a passionate drummer with every breath and nothing pleases
him more that the marching percussion activity.
2010 - today:
Beatz
Percussion Ensemble Founder, Director & Designer
2011 - 2015:
Starriders Snare line
(Sectionleader '13-'15)
2013 - 2016:
European X Snare line
2015 - today:
Starriders
Percussion Coordinator & Battery Caption Head
2015 - today:
Innovative
Percussion Artist/Educator
2018:
Starriders
Battery Arranger
And various other projects as
an Instructor and Arranger
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