Clif Walker

Clif Walker (b. 1972) is an arranger/composer with original works performed at PASIC, TMEA, DCI, BOA, and The Midwest Band Orchestra Clinic. He was a percussion staff member (2018–2024), design team member (2019–2024), and front ensemble arranger (2020–2024) with The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, recipients of the 2023 DCI Fred Sanford Award for High Percussion. He is adjunct faculty at the University of Missouri, where he teaches in the percussion studio as well as serves as director of the Marching Mizzou Drumline. Clif is also the front ensemble arranger with the Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps.

Clif is a faculty member for the Music For All Summer Symposium and is a member of the BOA and WGI Adjudication Roster. He served as the director of percussion/arranger for BOA Grand National Finalist Blue Springs High School (2011–2015), and at Timber Creek High School in Orlando, Florida (2001–2008), which performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) as the High School International Percussion Ensemble Competition winners in 2005. He is the front ensemble arranger for BOA Grand National Finalist Carmel High School and was recently selected as drumline coordinator/arranger for the 2026 Tournament of Roses Parade BOA Honor Band.

Clif holds an MME from the University of Central Florida and is published with Musicon and Tapspace. He proudly endorses Yamaha Musical Instruments, Evans Drumheads, Zildjian Cymbals, and Innovative Percussion Sticks and Mallets.