Kevin Lepper is Director of Percussion Studies at VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, Illinois. An active freelance percussionist and educator in the Chicago area, his musical career has embraced a wide range of experiences, including the El Paso Symphony, the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, the Chautauqua World Music Ensemble, the Memorial Ragtime Marimba Band, and many commercial recording sessions. Mr. Lepper is a member of Phi Mu Alpha and has numerous published works in the marching band medium. He has published a series of educational percussion ensembles and two volumes of Boomwhackers® ensembles written specifically for the junior high school and beginning high school performer.