Michael Mann, Minister of Instrumental Music at Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, is the percussion coordinator for the 2005 Spirit of America. Mr. Mann is former Director of the Marching Band at the University of Miami, and Associate Director of Bands at the Unitersity of Southwest Louisiana and East Tennessee State University. He is active as an adjudicator for Drum Corps International and as a clinician for Pearl Drum Co., Sabian Cymbal Co., and Innovative Percussion. As a performer, Mr. Mann was a percussionist in the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and is a free-lance percussionist in the Nashville area.



He received his BS Degree in Music Education at Middle Tennessee State University and a MM Degree in Percussion Performance at the University of Miami. Mr. Mann is a former percussion instructor for the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps of Rockford, Illinois.



Most recently, Mr. Mann was elected to the Board of Performance Groups International, serving as a consultant to Worldwide Tours for high school and college bands. He has been involved with Spirit of America for almost two decades.