Meet United Percussion World's Matt Blood, Front Ensemble Coordinator

United Percussion and Arts, Inc. is excited to announce that Matt Blood will once again be a part of our 2021 Staff as Front Ensemble Coordinator.

Matt Blood is a marching arts designer, educator, and consultant based out of Southern New Jersey. He has worked with many marching bands, indoor percussion ensembles, and drum corps on the East Coast as the sole proprietor of mattbloodmusic.com. Currently, Matt holds the positions of Front Ensemble Coordinator/Arranger for the Hawthorne Caballeros, Front Ensemble Caption Head/Arranger for the Rutgers University Marching Scarlet Knights, Front Ensemble Arranger for the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps, and Front Ensemble Coordinator for long-standing WGI World Class finalist United Percussion.

Matt received his Bachelor’s degree in classical percussion performance from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, where he learned from Joe Tompkins, Kyle Zerna, Mike Truesdell, and Javier Diaz. In addition, Matt has performed as a member of the United Percussion Front Ensemble during their 2012-2014 seasons, and was fortunate enough to work with many amazing educators, including Steve Ballard and Ian Hale.

2021 Auditions are getting closer! Get the packet here. Stay tuned for more announcements coming soon!

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