Currently residing in the Portland area, Marcelino Nambo is a Sacramento native with nearly a decade’s worth of instructional experience at the high school level, and 5+ years in DCI.

He began his DCI experience as a baritone player with the Sacramento Mandarins, where he marched for four seasons (2011-2014), the last three of which he was a low brass section leader. For his last two years as a performer (2015-2016), he marched euphonium and trombone for the Blue Devils, of which his first year was a championship winning year for the corps. Throughout his time with both organizations, he was able to learn from great visual instructors, all of whom had a large impact on his approach to teaching today. 

He began his instructional experience with Sacramento area high schools in 2014, where he was a visual instructor for both fall and winter programs through the 2017-2018 seasons. In the fall of 2017, he also began teaching in the Bay Area, where he remained through the 2021 fall season with programs like James Logan High School and Homestead High School, which are considered among some of the best visual programs on the west coast. During the last four fall seasons, he was the Visual Caption Head for Homestead High School. 

His DCI instruction started with the Blue Devils ‘B’, where he was a visual instructor from 2017 to 2019. The 2018 season was his introduction to World Class, where he briefly helped with the Oregon Crusaders. In 2019, he began his most recent run with the Blue Knights, where he was a visual instructor for the last four years. 

He is excited to bring his years of expertise to the Mandarins, the corps where it all began for him!