Percussion Instructor

Ernie McLaurin has been an active percussion instructor in Southern California since 1993. Currently he is the Co -Caption Head and Assistant Director for the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corp and percussion tech for Ruben S. Ayala High School in Chino Hills. Ernie has worked with the following percussion programs, Pulse Percussion, Impulse Drum and Bugle Corp, John Muir High School, Simi Valley High School, Garfield High School, Alhambra High School, Grant High School. His Performance experience includes such programs as Cal State Northridge Matador Band, Freelancers Drum and Bugle Corp, Tournament of Roses Honor Band and Burbank Lancers Youth Band. The Percussion programs that Ernie has worked with have earned such accolades 2006 DCI DIV 3 champion and High Percussion Award with Impulse Drum and Bugle Award and 2010 WGI Scholastic World Percussion Championship. Ernie graduated from Cal State Northridge in 1997 and lives in Pasadena