Arizona Academy of the Performing Arts

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Ike Jackson
Ike Jackson has been working as a highly prolific/contemporary percussion designer since 1991.  In his twenty-two years as an adjudicator and percussion designer/instructor, he has worked with more than 45 different percussion programs at the high school, college, and drum corps levels. As an innovative percussion arranger and drill designer, Ike has worked with various percussion ensembles all across the Southwest.

His competitive marching career started in his teens as a member of the Sound Machine Youth Organization; then as tenor player for the Riverside Community College Marching Tigers from1992 to 1994. Finally, he finished his marching career by becoming a member of the 1994 Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps going on to win the title of World Champion. 

Ike is currently Vice President of the Southern California Percussion Alliance and a founding member of SCPA. He is also a member of the Winter Guard International Percussion Advisory Board and Steering Committee and was recently the President of Pulse Independent World and Open Percussion Ens.

Ike is a Tama Drums Featured Artist, as well as Endorsed by Innovative sticks and mallets,Sabian Cymbals, and Remo heads. Ike has recently worked on research and development with Randy May,Pro Mark,Tama Drums and Inventor of the Xymox snare pad.

Ike has helped his percussion ensembles win 7 WGI World Championship medals, 20 WGI World Championship Finalist placements, 40 Regional Finalist placements, 14 Regional Championship titles, and a Bands of America Grand National Finalist appearance in 2004, as well as, he was the Corps Director of the 2006 div 3 World Champion Impulse Drum and bugle corps and the founder of Pulse indoor percussion ensemble . Locally his ensembles have won 10 SCPA Championship medals and over 60 first place awards. Ike currently lives in Ontario California with his four children.