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2008 Percussion Staff
Jeff Hoke, Director
As an instructor,
Jeff Hoke has
achieved success at local, state, regional, national and international levels in
marching band, drum corps and indoor percussion. He also serves as an
adjudicator in the pageantry arts and in grade school solo and ensemble
competitions. He instructs more than fifty private students each week and
conducts percussion master classes and workshops throughout the Midwest.Mr. Hoke has
arranged for both the indoor and outdoor marching percussion ensemble, composed
solo and ensemble literature for a variety of percussion instruments, and
authored two books on rudimental snare drumming. Articles and reviews by Mr.
Hoke can be found on the pages of
Percussive Notes.
Mr. Hoke is the founder and
director of L.e.a.P., Jump Start, and Camp Drum which offer a variety
of educational and performance opportunities for percussionists in the
Chicago metropolitan area.
Mr. Hoke is a proud endorsee
of Pearl,
Sabian, Remo and
Vic Firth.
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Brian Massimo, Jump Start Gurnee
Brian “Choppy” Massimo has been a
private percussion teacher in the Lake County area for more than twenty years.
In addition to his teaching experience, Brian currently serves as the principal
percussionist for the Waukegan Symphony, the Waukegan Municipal Band and Full Score. Brian was the pit caption head of the two-time
world champion L.e.a.P. indoor drumline during
the 2003 and 2004 seasons and a clinician for the L.e.a.P. organization's
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Brenden Harder, Jump Start Lake Villa
Brenden Harder is a fifth year veteran of the
L.e.a.P. organization. He currently teaches
private percussion lessons in McHenry and has served as a clinician at the
L.e.a.P. organization's
Camp Drum. Brenden attended the College of Lake
County.
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Gina DeGregorio, Jump Start
Vernon Hills
A graduate of VanderCook College of
Music in Chicago, Gina is currently a band director at Deer Path Middle
School in Lake Forest. She plays both percussion and piano and is involved
in local musical theater productions as a performer and instructor. Gina has
been involved with the L.e.a.P. organization
since 2005 and has served as a clinician at the Jump Start Day of
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John Stolfe, Jump Start Kenosha
John Stolfe is a professional percussionist and the owner of
Portside
Percussion in Kenosha. In addition to teaching private lessons at his
studio, he currently works as a percussion instructor with the Kenosha
Unified School District, Antioch Community High School and Greendale High
School. John is also a member of the Percussive Arts Society and has served
as a clinician at the L.e.a.P. organization's
Camp Drum.
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