The percussion instructor is J. Adam Ambrose.

He worked as a drum head tester for Remo Inc. and was the percussion instructor at Notre Dame High School to put himself through college.

Zoro is currently a percussion instructor at Belmont University in Nashville.

Instructors are typically paid positions and their duties range from assistant band director to working with specific sections such as a percussion instructor.

Before joining the USC faculty, he was percussion instructor and director of jazz ensembles at Texas State University, San Marcos.

His own son, Gene Bennett 3rd, is carrying on the family activity: he is a percussion instructor at the Naval Academy.

The band also uses a color guard instructor and a percussion instructor.

The percussion instructor has several duties including instructing the Ball State Drumline by arranging music, directing sectional rehearsals, and practicing drill.

ProMark was founded in 1957 by percussion instructor and shop owner Herb Brochstein in Houston, Texas.

Tom Float remained percussion caption head and Mike Back, who was a percussion instructor in 1980 returned to the staff.