Rob Ferguson is currently serving his 19th year as Program Designer/arranger and Instructor at Norton. Mr. Ferguson was first involved with the Norton Music program as an instructor in 1994. Mr. Ferguson is currently the Director and Music Designer for Matrix Performing Arts, which includes a WGI Independent World, Independent Open and Independent A Class percussion ensemble.  In addition, Rob is a Percussion Consultant and has served as a percussion arranger and caption head for the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, and the Percussion Arranger for the Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps from Hawthorne, NJ. Rob has served as a percussion representative for the Mideast Performance Association, as a member of the WGI Percussion Advisory Board, and currently serves as the Percussion Education Director for the Ohio Indoor Performance Association. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Music in Music Performance from Kent State University where he studied with Michael Burritt and Ted Rounds. He previously served as adjunct percussion faculty and assistant marching band director at Youngstown State University.  Rob is an active clinician for both the indoor and outdoor marching activities. He has presented clinics on marching percussion, keyboard percussion, arranging, and amplification in the marching activity throughout the U.S. and in Europe including the 2007 PAS convention, and the 2008 Indoor Percussion Europe Championships. Ferguson has performed as a marimba clinician and guest artist with numerous high school and college programs and percussion ensembles. Rob also judges in both the marching band and indoor drumline arenas throughout the U.S. In addition to teaching, Rob is a writer and consultant for outdoor and indoor marching ensembles throughout the U.S. He is the owner of Ferguson Design Solutions, a company providing arrangements, original compositions, consulting, and design resources for both marching bands and indoor percussion ensembles. Rob currently resides in Wadsworth, OH.