Biography

John B. Ungurait has served as the Assistant Director of Bands at Northwest Mississippi Community College since 1994. A native of northern Indiana, he is also an NWCC alumnus, having attended the college in 1983 and 1984. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master’s Degree in Music from New Mexico State University.

Mr. Ungurait is a past president of the Mississippi Community and Junior College Band Directors Association and is widely recognized as a clinician and judge in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. He has worked as a percussion instructor for several drum and bugle corps and has consulted for high school bands in Pascagoula, Lumberton, Hernando, Oxford, and Senatobia. Additionally, he has served as a clinician for the Memphis City Schools Honor Band.

Beyond his work at NWCC, Mr. Ungurait is an active concert and marching percussion artist with Saylers Percussion.