Staff Biography

Ted Mascari -
Percussion Coordinator
Recruiting Coordinator

Ted Mascari has been involved in all aspects of percussion since 1980 as a performer, educator and arranger and is considered one of the top marching percussion minds in Upstate New York.

He graduated from Cicero-North Syracuse High School in 1988 where he started his teaching career soon after graduating. Over the past 16 years, he has directed several marching band percussion programs in NY, most recently, the Bands of America quality programs at Oswego, Webster and Victor High Schools. He is very proud of the many students from these high schools who have gone on to march in top Drum Corps drum lines and is often sought out for private instruction.

Ted's drum corps instructional career began in 1993 with the Syracuse Brigadiers. From there, he moved on to the Rochester Crusaders till 1996. In 1997 he began teaching the Empire Statesmen, where he helped win 2 DCA World Championships including the high percussion title. He left in 1999 to join the staff of the Rochester Patriots Jr. Drum and Bugle Corps (1999 DCI high percussion and division II champions). In 2001, Ted returned to the Empire Statesmen and is going in to his second year as percussion captionhead. He is also an endorser for, and on the educational team of Vic Firth Percussion.

Ted is the operations supervisor at the Monroe Plan for Medical Care. He resides in Webster, NY with his wife Sara and their newborn twins Christian and Mason.