Carroll drummers performing throughout the country

When the Westminster High School band performs at spring concerts, a list of notable alumni is printed in the official program.

It features lots of drummers.

Many of the percussionists performing professionally and at the collegiate level are Westminster High School graduates. But drummers from throughout the county have broken through in symphonies and bands nationwide. They also are teaching up and down the East Coast.

The players

School: Westminster

Role: The 2005 Westminster High graduate has served as the principal timpanist in the

Athens Symphony

in Georgia. He will be serving as a professor at Clemson University in South Carolina next fall.

School: Westminster

Role: The 2004 Westminster High School graduate has served as the principal percussionist for the

Baton Rouge Philharmonic

. He is currently a freelance percussionist in Nashville.

School: Westminster

Role: Bubert is playing the Texas country music scene and is a

freelance percussionist

in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.

School: Westminster

Role: After attending Boston University, Barnard became the principal percussionist with the

Hong Kong Philharmonic

.

School: Westminster

Role: The 2002 Westminster High School graduate became a

freelance percussionist

in the New Orleans area.

School: Westminster

Role: The 2000 Westminster High School graduate is a percussionist with the

United States Air Force Band

and performed during February's Super Bowl pregame ceremonies.

School: Westminster

Role: The 1997 Westminster High School graduate is a

freelance drummer

in Nashville. Previously, he was the touring drummer for reigning Country Music Association Group of the Year

Lady Antebellum

.

School: Westminster

Role: Silverman is the touring drummer for former "American Idol" runner-up

Lauren Alaina

.

School: Westminster

Role: The Westminster High School junior performed in the

2012 Honor Orchestra of America

and is planning to study classical percussion.

School: North Carroll

Role: Sies is studying at the University of Michigan's Department of Winds and Percussion. He's served as drummer for local ska band

Stacked Like Pancakes

.

School: Baltimore School for the Arts

Role: The Westminster native performs with popular regional rock band

Pasadena

.

School: Westminster

Role: Leppo is a

freelance drummer

in Nashville, one of at least four from the area working in the Country Music Capital of the World.

School: South Carroll

Role: Carrick, who studied at Boston University, is the principal percussionist for the

Sarasota Orchestra

in Florida.

School: Century

Role: The 2009 Century High graduate performed with the

Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps

after graduation.

School: Liberty

Role: Tart studied percussion performance at Towson University and was drum line captain there. He is currently the lead vocalist for his band,

Three Tree Experience

.

The teachers

School: Westminster

Role: The former Westminster High School band director is currently leading the marching band at

Stevenson University

.

School: McDaniel College

Role: The standout percussionist frequently performs in the area and also taught many percussionists who went on to excel privately.

School: Coffey Music

Role: Glick, who died in 2011, was a private instructor who taught many successful percussionists in the area.

School: North Carroll Middle

Role: A talented percussionist in his own right, Hirsh has helped spark an interest in many drummers still playing today, most recently at

North Carroll Middle School

.

School: Towson University

Role: The 1994 Westminster High School graduate is a professor of percussion at

Towson University

.

School: Westminster High

Role: He has served as the

Westminster High School

Marching Band percussion head and instructor.