Bandworld Magazine

Year of Graduation - 2014 Current Position - Co-Director of Bands at Whitthorne Middle School in Columbia, TN. Time in current position - 6th Year Name some accomplishments or awards since graduation. • Maury County Teacher of the Year (2015-16) • South Central District Teacher of the Year (2015-16) • Top 9 Finalist for Tennessee Teacher of the Year • Middle Tennessee for Tennessee Teacher of the Year • Guest...

Year of Graduation • 2008 Current Position • I am the high school instrumental music director at Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs, CO. Time in current position • Nine years.  Name some accomplishments or awards since graduation. 2017  Colorado Bandmasters Association State Concert Band Festival - Pine Creek High School Symphonic Band • Superior Rating, Colorado Bandmasters Association Regional Concert Band Festival - Pine Creek High School...

A special award of The John Philip Sousa Foundation John Miller is the Director of Bands at American Fork High School in American Fork, Utah. He has held this position for the past thirty years Miller earned his BME from Idaho State University and his MME from Brigham Young University. Before landing at American Fork he served at Blackfoot Jr. High, Highland H.S. and...

A special award of The John Philip Sousa Foundation Thomas Barker is the Director of Bands at Lafayette Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana. He has spent the last 18 years of his 39 teaching years in this position. Barker earned his bachelor's degree from East Carolina University and his MSME from the University of Illinois. His teaching began in Tolono, IL, then to...

Year of Graduation - 2003 Current Position - Director of Bands, Mandan High School, Mandan, ND. Time in current position - 5th Year What was your background before ABC? Before ABC I taught middle school band for 6 years. I started at Bismarck High School the fall after my first summer at ABC. Name some other accomplishments or awards since graduation. March 2010 – Bismarck HS Wind...

Year of Graduation - 2001 Current Position - Director of bands at University of Arkansas at Little Rock Time in current position - I was appointed director of bands this year. (Fall 2016) What was your background before ABC? I attended ABC after my first year of teaching (1999). Like many new teachers, I stepped into the classroom unprepared for what awaited me. ABC was the...

A special award of The John Philip Sousa Foundation Michael Fiske is the Director of Bands at Joliet Central High School in Joliet, Illinois, a position he has held for the last fourteen years. He has spent his entire career of nearly forty years in the high schools of Indiana and Illinois. Fiske earned his BME from Bradley University and his MME from...

A special award of The John Philip Sousa Foundation Daniel Wooten is the Director of Bands at Niceville Senior High School in Niceville, Florida. He began at this current position in 2003. Daniel has held a variety of music positions since graduating from Louisiana State University with his BME. Wooten has served at a variety of high schools in Florida with a ten-year...

Year of Graduation - 2004 Current Position - Director of Athletic Bands, South Dakota State University  Time in current position - I just completed my first year. What was your background before ABC? I earned my Bachelor of Music Education degree from South Dakota State University in 1998. taught 5-12 band at the Brandon Valley Schools from 1998-2012. I taught a little of everything- 5th-grade band,...

Year of Graduation - 2002 Current Position - Foothill High School in Palo Cedro, CA Band and Orchestra Time in current position - 14 Years What was your background before ABC? After graduating from Biola University in La Mirada, CA, I began teaching at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate School in Whittier, CA in 1997 Name some other accomplishments or awards since graduation. CA Teacher of the Year, 2016...