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Dr. Pete Zambito is the Associate Teaching Professor of Music, Assistant Director of Athletic Bands, and Director of the Tiger Pans Steel Band at the University of Missouri.  He teaches courses in a variety of subjects, including Music History, Composition, Aural Skills, Percussion Ensemble Coaching, Career Development, and Writing for the Arts.  Prior to working at Mizzou, he was the Associate Professor of Music, Percussion Instructor, Drumline Instructor, and Director of the Sacred Music Program at Lincoln University (MO). He is currently the principal timpanist for the Marshall (MO) Philharmonic Orchestra, performs as a section percussionist for the Missouri Symphony Orchestra and is a frequent performer on the Odyssey Chamber Series in Columbia, Missouri.

Previously, Dr. Zambito directed the percussion program at Concord University in Athens, WV. In addition to teaching class piano and arranging and scoring, he ran the percussion studio, directed the marching band drumline and the basketball pep band, and in his final semester there, directed the concert band.

Dr. Zambito holds a B.A. degree in music performance with a focus on piano from Wake Forest University, and M.M. and D M.A. degrees in percussion performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has contributed articles to Percussive Notes and Rhythm Scene, both publications of the Percussive Arts Society, and serves on the PAS Health & Wellness Committee.  He is also a commissioned composer of percussion solos, duets, and ensemble works, many of which are available through C. Alan Publications.  He spent 3 years as an editor and engraver at C. Alan Publications and has been a frequent contributor at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy and for the Canadian Percussion Network. He is in frequent demand as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the Midwest.  He created and hosts Pete’s Percussion Podcast, a weekly show dedicated to long form interviews of those in and around the percussion world.

Becky Long