Scott Johnson

The Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps

"With the DCI activity, we needed a very beefy stick to produce a very big sound for projection on a football field. The American Hickory TXDC17W Scott Johnson Marching drumsticks give us that sound, as well as a good feel."

ABOUT SCOTT JOHNSON

Scott Johnson is in his 40th year with the Blue Devils drum and Bugle Corps. Personal awards include eighteen D.C.I. Gold medal championships, fourteen D.C.I. High Percussion titles, two W.G.I. Gold medal championships, three DCA Gold medal championships, two DCA High Percussion titles, ten DCE championships, nine DCE High Percussion titles, ten High Percussion titles in Japan, and 1977 D.C.I. & 1978 P.A.S. Individual Snare champion. Scott is very honored to have been inducted into the 2012 class of the DCI Hall Of Fame, and the 2012 WGI Hall Of Fame. Scott was also inducted into the 2015 World Drum Corp Hall Of Fame. Although the primary focus of his teaching career has been in the Drum Corps idiom, Scott has taught privately and arranged percussion scores at the elementary, junior, senior high, and university levels. Scott's judging assignments have included numerous marching band and percussion competitions throughout the world, including P.A.S. championships, W.G.I. championships, South African Championships, Indonesia Championships, and the Bands of America Grand National Championships. Scott is one of the most sought after Marching Percussion clinicians in the world today. He has held numerous percussion clinics throughout the United States, Japan, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Indonesia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Australia, China, and Italy. Scott's current endorsements: Drums and hardware: System Blue, Sticks and mallets: ProMark, Drumheads: Evans.