Jacob Lugo – Percussion Coach

Jacob Lugo is entering his second year as percussion coach at Mountain Ridge. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance-Percussion at Arizona State University in Spring of 2022. At ASU he stayed busy playing in the Sun Devil Marching Band, Basketball Band, Wind Symphony, Contemporary Percussion Ensemble, and the Percussion Jazz Ensemble. He served as the percussion section leader for two years in the Sun Devil Marching band under the direction of James Hudson. Jacob is also involved in Drum Corps International and Winter Guard International. In DCI he marched with the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps in the summers of 2021 and 2022, Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps in the summer of 2019, and with Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps in 2018. For WGI he has been involved with Flux Indoor Percussion since its inaugural season in 2019.