Peter Jones

Peter Jones is currently the Arts Dept. Chair and Head of Music at Villanova College in King City, Ontario.

Peter is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. He has been involved with Drum and Bugle Corps since the age of 10. He started drumming with the Aurora/Newmarket Ambassadors Drum and Bugle Corps in 1978 and was a member of this organization until 1984. From 1985 to 1989 he was a member of Dutch Boy Drum and Bugle Corps (Kitchener, ON).

Over the past 35 years, Mr. Jones has taught more than 40 Drum Corps, Marching Bands, Winter Guards and Drumlines including The Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps (Canton, Ohio), Spirit Performing Youth Ensemble (Toronto, ON), Marshall University Marching Band (Huntington, West Virginia), The Wheaters Drumline (Rockford, Illinois), Dutch Boy Drum and Bugle Corps (Kitchener, ON), Avon High School Marching Band (Avon, Indiana), Westerville North High School Marching Band (Westerville, Ohio), Normal West High School Winter Guard, Normal (Illinois), and The Ventures Winter Guard (Kitchener, ON).

At every level of these ensembles from Regional “A” Winter Guard to World Class Finalists in DCI, BOA, and WGI Peter has been a marching instructor, visual caption head, visual designer, drum instructor, percussion arranger, music arranger, program coordinator, and director.