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Ron F. Schermerhorn III is currently an Assistant Band Director/Percussion Instructor at Hidalgo Early College High School. As the Percussion Instructor Mr. Schermerhorn teaches Private Lessons, Percussion Ensemble, and is the Director of the Hidalgo Drumline.


Mr. Schermerhorn earned a Bachelor of Music from The University of Texas at Arlington and a Master of Music from The University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Percussion Performance.

As a performer Mr. Schermerhorn has been a member of the Syracuse Brigadiers Drum and Bugle Corps, Americanos Drum and Bugle Corps, and performed with the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, San Angelo Symphony Orchestra, and the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. In 2006 he was awarded 1st place in the College Timpani Competition at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention held in Austin, Texas and in 2003 was awarded 2nd place in the College Snare Competition at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention held in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Schermerhorn has also been a featured soloist with The University of Texas at Arlington Wind Ensemble, performing the Rosauro Marimba Concerto and has attended the Leigh Howard Stevens Marimba Seminar, the Bob Becker Ragtime Institute, and The Aspen Music Festival and School.