leadership
Roger Treacher
Executive Director
Roger marched for five years in drum corps UK (DCUK) in the late 80's. After leaving school, Roger studied mechanical and production engineering at Reading Technical College, England. After aging out, he focused on family and career. His career over the past 25 years has primarily been focused on international sales and marketing in the food industry. Positions held include, Global Key Accounts Manager, Sales Director, Vice President and Owner. Roger has also been involved with mergers and acquisitions of privately held, and small to medium sized manufacturing based companies. Roger moved from the UK to Dallas six years to open an office for a UK based company. Within a few months upon arrival, he joined a local all aged drum and bugle corps, which immediately gave him a new social circle of friends, all of whom have a passion for drum corps and the performing arts.
In 2009, Roger was one of the founding members of Vigilantes and served as corps director. In its first year, the corps won High Percussion and took third place overall at DCA A class world championships.
Roger is still heavily involved within the food industry today and is also the owner of Marching USA, Fort Worth. Marching USA is the sole importer/distributor of Premier percussion, Aluphone and Titan Field Frames in the US and Canada and is ViP's primary sponsor.
Tyler Orbison
Ensemble Director, Program Coordinator, Battery Arranger
Tyler is one of the founders of ViP. He has been actively involved in music performance, education and design for over twenty years.
Tyler has performed with many notable groups, including Lone Star Drum & Bugle Corps, Carolina Crown and the Dallas Mavericks Drum Line. While studying percussion performance at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Tyler had the opportunity to tour and perform frequently with the wind ensemble, indoor drum line and percussion ensemble, a nationally recognized group under the direction of Dr. Brian West. As a student and performer, Tyler was fortunate to study with many leading marching percussion educators, including Paul Rennick, Jeff Queen, Mickey Hartzog and Allen Joanis.
Currently, Tyler works as Ensemble Director and Batterie Arranger of the Boswell High School Indoor Drumline, a current PSW finalist and a three-time WGI PSW Semi-finalist. He also serves in design/consulting/advisory roles with various other scholastic ensembles in the North Texas area.Tyler is an active arranger, clinician and adjudicator, not only across the United States, but worldwide. Tyler proudly endorses Vic Firth and Remo.
Peyton Alexander
Ensemble Director
Peyton has been involved in marching arts for over 10 years. She currently works as a sales consultant for PwC in Dallas. Peyton graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in Professional Sales, where she also spent her weekends devoted to performing or teaching different marching ensembles.
Peyton’s marching experience includes marching cymbals with Resistance Indoor Percussion, the Seattle Cascades, and Vigilantes Indoor Percussion. She has also been a staff member for Guthrie High School, Morris High School, Southmoore High School and Keller High. She also had the opportunity to step in as Head Color Guard Director for McLoud High School.
