Rob Ferguson is currently the Director and Music Designer for Matrix Percussion, a WGI Independent World percussion ensemble, and has been since its inception in 1999. In addition, Rob is the Percussion Coordinator and Percussion Arranger for the Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps from Toledo, Ohio, where he has taught since 2007, and the Percussion Arranger for the Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps from Hawthorne, NJ. Rob has served as a percussion representative for the Mideast Performance Association, as a member of the WGI Percussion Advisory Board, and currently serves as the Percussion Education Director for the Ohio Indoor Performance Association.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Music in Music Performance from Kent State University where he studied with Michael Burritt and Ted Rounds. He previously served as adjunct percussion faculty and assistant marching band director at Youngstown State University, and currently is the Percussion Coordinator for the Crestwood, and Norton High School Bands, and the Program Coordinator for the Central Crossing High School band program.

Rob is an active clinician for both the indoor and outdoor marching activities. He has presented clinics on marching percussion, keyboard percussion, arranging, and amplification in the marching activity throughout the U.S. and in Europe including the 2007 Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and the 2008 Indoor Percussion Europe Championships. Ferguson has performed as a marimba clinician and guest artis with numerous high school and college programs and percussion ensembles. Rob also judges in both the marching band and indoor drumline arenas throughout the U.S.

In addition to teaching, Rob is a sriter and consultant for outdoor and indoor marching ensembles throughout the U.S. He is the owner of Ferguson Design solutions, a company providing arrangements, original compositions, consulting, and design resources for both marching bands and indoor percussion ensembles. Rob currently resides in Cuyahoga Falls, OH with his wife, Kate. Rob is an endorser and clinician for Dynasty USA, Innovative Percussion, the Avedis Zildjian, Co., Remo Inc., and Planet Waves.