Percussion Pops Orchestra, a notable percussion ensemble founded by Dick Schory who netted a Grammy nomination with the group in 1960 (Coverage and reviews in several Billboard issues)
Percussion Group Cincinnati, inducted as a group into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame (The Modern Percussion Revolution: Journeys of the Progressive Artist Chapter 2)
Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band, inducted as a group into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame (The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States Chapter 3)
Paul and Sandi Rennick, an American husband-and-wife duo who teach at the University of North Texas and are considered to be among the most influential marching percussion arrangers and instructors of all time (Marching Bands and Drumlines: Secrets of Success from the Best of the Best)
George Gaber, an American percussion who had an eclectic career in dance bands, under the baton of several leading orchestral conductors, and as the professor of percussion at Indiana University (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 121)
Thomas Siwe, published author of several scholarly books detailing percussion literature (reviews of his books can be found in several peer-reviewed journals such as Notes and the Music Educator Journal)
Gary Olmstead, composer, former president of the Percussive Arts Society, and professor of percussion at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Several articles and reviews in The Instrumentalist magazine)
Dennis DeLucia, marching percussion arranger and instructor for several notable drum corps who is also in the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame (Marching Bands and Drumlines: Secrets of Success from the Best of the Best)
Ju Tzong-Ching[zh] (朱宗慶), founder of Ju Percussion Group and president of Taipei National University of the Arts (lots of coverage in several leading Taiwanese newspapers)
Jim Petercsak, former president of the Percussive Arts Society and emeritus professor of percussion at the State University of New York (Modern Drummer article)
Raynor Carroll, first black percussionist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and later its principal for several decades
Tom Float, marching percussion arranger and pedagogue for the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
William Moersch, marimbist and professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Gauger, percussionist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, professor at Boston University, and maker of bass drum mallets