Dennis DeLucia is one of the most in demand percussion clinicians in the United States and has been a Yamaha artist since 2001. He is best known for his accomplishments with championship drum corps including the Hawthorne Muchachos, Bayonne Bridgemen, Star of Indiana and the Crossmen. His drumlines have won sixteen championship High Percussion titles, including the only Triple Crown in drum corps history – (1981). He is the first percussionist to have been inducted into both the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame and the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame. Currently Dennis is an Associate Professor of Percussion at Rutgers University and teaches at Piscataway High School.

When I joined the Yamaha team in 2001, I knew that I was connecting with a great company and that I was also becoming a part of a great FAMILY! The product speaks for itself: The finest marching and concert percussion instruments made anywhere … played by the most remarkable and talented artists, corps, bands and orchestras on the planet! But it's the integrity and warmth and caring of the PEOPLE that impress me most: Everyone is knowledgeable and totally involved. The Yamaha Sounds of Summer percussion camp program has really captured my soul. I enjoy the opportunity to contribute to the philosophical and actual content of the workbook "Marching Percussion Essentials"; to work with some of the most dedicated and talented marching percussion artists/educators in the world; to travel around the country meeting local Yamaha Managers, dealers and teachers; and, most importantly, to work with kids everywhere, is a dream come true for me! Kids learning about music while playing on OUR instruments: it doesn't get any better than that!