Jim Ancona has over 20 years' experience as an arranger and instructor for world class drum and bugle corps including the The Cadets, Star of Indiana, Madison Scouts, Santa Clara Vanguard, and Carolina Crown.
Jim's honors in the marching activity include having been Percussion Caption Head for the 2006 DCI World Champion Cavaliers and having been on the instructional staff of the 2011 World Champion Cadets as well as Star of Indiana's (1993) and Santa Clara Vanguard's (2004) World Champion percussion sections. His Vanguard Percussion Ensembles and Mixed Ensembles (with brass) have won at the Drum Corps International Individual and Ensemble Championships. Several of his percussion arrangements appear on Star of Indiana's "Brass Theater" and "BLAST" compact discs and are published by Tapspace Publications. Jim is also co-author of Up Front: A Complete Resource for Today's Pit Ensemble and author of Up Front Etudes. He is an endorser and clinician for Remo, Inc., Pearl Drums and Adams Percussion, Avedis Zildjian Company, and a Signature Artist for Innovative Percussion, Inc.
Jim is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Delaware. He is the Assistant Director of the Blue Hen Marching Band, Director of the Basketball Pep Band and Co-Director of the Symphonic Band. Jim received his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his Master's Degree in Performance from Indiana University where he was awarded the prestigious Performer's Certificate.
This arrangement will challenge performers with a programatic piece that showcases a percussion ensemble's wide timbral range. It was first performed by the Santa Clara Vanguard Percussion Ensemble in 2000.
Originally written for a small instrumental theater ensemble, Ancona has preserved the original intent of this piece in a concert percussion setting of eight players.
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