Ike Jackson – Percussion Instructor, Arranger

Ike Jackson has been working with Ayala High School since 1991. In his sixteen years as a percussion instructor he has worked with more than 35 different percussion programs at the high school, college, and drum corps levels. A prolific 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 from 1992 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 a member of the Southern California Percussion Alliance Executive Board and a founding member of the SCPA. He is also a member of the Winter Guard International Percussion Advisory Board. Ike is a Yamaha Endorser and Featured Artist, a Pro-Mark stick and mallet endorser, a member of the Pro-Mark Indoor Percussion Development Team, and is a co-founder of Xymox pads.
Ike has helped his percussion ensembles to earn 2 WGI World Championship medals, 8 WGI World Championship Finalist placements, 22 Regional Finalist placements, 10 Regional Championship titles, and a Bands of America Grand National Finalist appearance in 2004. Locally his ensembles have won 4 SCPA Championship medals and over 50 first place awards.
Ike lives in Ontario, California.