
James Ancona
Associate Professor
Assistant Director, Marching Band
Director, Pep Band and Co-Director Symphonic Band
University of Delaware
30 W. Delaware Ave., Room 202
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
James Ancona is an associate professor of music
at the University of Delaware. He is the assistant director of the
Fightin' Blue Hen Marching Band, director of the Basketball Pep Band and
co-director of the Symphonic Band. Mr. Ancona received his Bachelor of
Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his
Master of Music in Performance from Indiana University, where he was
awarded the prestigious Performer's Certificate. His former teachers
include Gerald Carlyss, Thomas Hannum, William Roberts, Peter Tanner and
Leigh Howard Stevens.
Mr. Ancona has more than 30 years of
experience as a composer and instructor for world-class drum and bugle
corps. He is currently a percussion advisor for the Boston Crusaders. He
has served on the instructional staff and as a caption head for
championship percussion sections and corps including Star of Indiana,
The Cadets, Santa Clara Vanguard and The Cavaliers.
Several of Mr.
Ancona’s percussion arrangements appeared on the Tony and Emmy
award-winning Broadway show Blast. He also has several arrangements
published by Tapspace Publications. Mr. Ancona is the co-author of the
popular front ensemble text, Up Front: A Complete Resource for Today's
Pit Ensemble and author of Up Front Etudes. He is an endorser and
clinician for the Avedis Zildjian Company, Remo, Pearl drums and Adams
percussion, and a signature artist for Innovative Percussion, Inc. Mr.
Ancona has presented educational and performance clinics around the
world.​​
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