Kenneth Narducci is Director of Wind and Percussion Studies at La Sierra University, a position he has held since 2006. Narducci served as professor of music and director of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble at Pacific Union College from 1982 to 2006. In addition to his work with the PUC SWE, he also directed several small ensembles and taught music theory, instrumental conducting, and the instrumental techniques courses. Beginning in 2004, Narducci formed and directed the first jazz band to be offered for credit at PUC. He composes and arranges for all the groups he directs.

Narducci attended public schools in the San Francisco bay area and was valedictorian of the 1976 class at Hayward High School. In 1980, he graduated with academic distinction from Pacific Union College with a degree in trumpet, earning the department's Achievement Award in Performance.

That autumn, he continued his music study at the University of Oregon where he was awarded a graduate teaching fellowship which included playing in the faculty brass quintet and teaching undergraduate trumpet majors and brass methods classes. He completed a D.M.A. in music theory at the UO in 1989.

In the spring of 1990, Narducci was honored with the Zapara Excellence in Teaching Award in the area of humanities at PUC and chosen later that year to receive the National Zapara Award. He was honored as PUC's Educator of the Year In 1995. In 1996, the SWE was featured at the College Band Directors National Conference in Reno, Nevada.

Narducci is a member of several professional organizations, including the College Band Directors' National Association and the International Trumpet Guild. He is in frequent demand as a clinician and conductor. His wife, Julie, is a Kodaly music education specialist.

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