Scott Johnson (sometimes referred to as ScoJo) is an American percussionist and music educator best known as the percussion director for the

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. He is cited as one of the most influential members within the development of marching percussion. In 2012, He was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame and the

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Hall of Fame. In 2015, he was inducted into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame. From

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, Johnson began drumming at the age of four before joining the snare drum line of the Blue Devils as a teenager in 1976. He performed with the corps until 1979 and instructed the group as an assistant instructor until 1989. After leaving to teach at the

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, Johnson rejoined the Blue Devils to become the percussion arranger and director in 1994. Alongside his role in drum corps, he was also an instructor for the

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drumline. He collaborated with

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to arrange the drumline tracks heard in the film ''

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''.

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