EDUCATION

Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance, ABD, Arizona State University, (Degree completion, December 1996)

 Teaching Assistant, August 1993-Present

• Conducting Intern, Symphonic, Wind Ensemble and Concert Bands
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, ASU Sun Devil Marching Band
• Instructor, Undergraduate Conducting Class
• Dean's List, Spring 1994

Master of Music in Wind Conducting, Louisiana State University, May 1993

 Graduate Assistant, August 1991-May 1993

• Conducting Intern, Wind Ensemble and Concert Bands
• Field Assistant/Section Leader, LSU Tiger Marching Band
• Assistant Director, LSU Bengal Brass Basketball Band
• Director, LSU Varsity Pep Band

Master of Music in Performance, Boston University, Fall 1983

 (Credits earned toward the degree) Graduate Assistant in Symphonic Winds, Fall 1983

• Conducting Intern, Wind Ensemble
• Graduate Assistant, Marching and Pep Bands

Bachelor of Music in Education, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, May 1983

• Instrumental music certification, K-12

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Director of Bands/Assistant Professor of Low Brass

 Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, Summer 1995-present

• Co-director, 330-member Auburn University Marching Band
• Drill writer and instructor of all Marching Band Shows
• Director, Concert Band
• Instructor, Marching Band Techniques Class
• Applied Teacher of Low Brass Studio (Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba)
• Member, Auburn University Faculty Brass Quintet
• Co-director, Auburn University Summer Band
• Sponsor, Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity

Acting Associate Director of Bands

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, Fall 1994-Spring 1995

• Selected as sabbatical replacement
• Conductor, ASU Wind Ensemble and Concert Bands
• Assisted in instructing and charting of all Marching Band Shows
• Director, Athletic Pep Bands

Band Director

 Kempsville Senior High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1988-1991

• Directed Marching and Concert band program to three consecutive VBODA State Honor Band titles
• Selected to perform a concert at the Virginia State Music Educators Convention, Fall 1991
• Awarded First Place Concert, Third Place Marching, and the overall "Heart of St. Petersburg" festival trophy, Festival of States, St. Petersburg, FL, Spring 1991
• Supervised Student Teachers

Band Director

 Princess Anne Junior High, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1985-1988

• Conducted Advanced Band to three straight "Superior" ratings at the VBODA District II Band Festival
• Directed Advanced, Intermediate I and II, Beginning, Marching and Jazz Bands

Clinician/Adjudicator

 Heritage Music Festivals: Washington, D.C. & Las Vegas, NV
Albuquerque City Schools District Band Festival: Albuquerque, N.M.
Guest Conductor Chilton County Distict Honor Band: Alabama
Guest Drill Design Lecturer, ASU undergraduate music education seminar
ASU High School Honor Band Low Brass Clinic
LSU Honors Chamber Summer Winds Camp
Ferrum College Summer Concert Band Camp: Ferrum, VA
Virginia Music Educators Association Convention
Festival of States, St. Petersburg, Florida
Fairfax County Virginia Junior Regional District Band Festival
Guest Conductor for the Virginia Beach Junior High All-City Band
Adjudicated professional music festivals and contests in the East, South, and West

Performance

 Auburn University Faculty Brass Quintet, Trombone/Euphonium
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, Montgomery, AL, Trombone
Featured Faculty Soloist with the Auburn University Symphoinic Band, Alabama All- State Band Festival
Tempe Symphony Orchestra, Tempe, AZ, Bass Trombone
Euphonium Soloist, ASU Wind Ensemble
Tidewater Winds Concert Band, Principal Euphonium, Norfolk, Virginia
Busch Gardens, The Olde Country, German Festhaus and Italian Shows, Williamsburg, Virginia, Euphonium/Trombone
Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Euphonium Soloist
Allentown Band, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Euphonium/Trombone

Recordings

 Dragon's Tongue, Virtuoso Clarinet Solos with Wind Band accompaniment by

 Robert Spring, Summit Record CD #166, Spring 1994

Another One of Those Things, LSU Jazz Ensemble, directed by William Grimes,

 CD #8VL94222, May 1994

PROFESSIONAL HONORS

Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, nominated by the

 Arizona State University Music Faculty, 1994-95

Committee Member, National Band Association/Wingert Jones Publisher,

Composition Contest, Mid-West Clinic, Chicago, Illinois, 1992

Presidential Citation, Governors School for the Visual and Performing Arts,

 University of Richmond, Virginia, July 1991

Chairman, Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Curriculum Committee,

1990-1991

Low Brass Chairman, Virginia All State Band/Orchestra Auditions,

James Madison University, Virginia, 1989-1991

Chairman, Virginia District II Senior/Junior Regional Band Auditions,

Fall 1990, 1991

Apprentice, Orchestral Management, Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South

Carolina, Summer 1993

President and "Brother of the Year," elected by the Epsilon Iota Chapter of

Kappa Kappa Psi, 1982-1983

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Music Educators National Conference
College Band Directors National Association
National Band Association
Alabama Music Educators Association
National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors
Tubist Universal Brotherhood Association
International Trombone Association
International Association of Jazz Educators
American Federation of Musicians
National Music Teachers Association

PERSONAL

Birthdate: December 21, 1961
Marital Status: Married with two daughters, ages 8 and 5
Health: Excellent

REFERENCES

Dr. Johnnie B. Vinson
Director of Bands
Auburn University
132 Goodwin Music Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849-5421
(334) 844-3166

Dr. Richard E. Strange
Director of Bands
Arizona State University
School of Music
Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
(602)965-4392

Mr. Frank B. Wickes
Director of Bands
Louisiana State University
School of Music
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(504)388-2384

Dr. Robert C. Fleming
Associate Director of Bands
Arizona State University
School of Music
Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
(602)965-4392

Mr. J. Samuel Pilafian
Professor of Tuba/Euphonium
Arizona State University
School of Music
Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
(602)965-5192

Mr. Daniel Perantoni
Professor of Tuba/Euphonium
University of Indiana
School of Music
Bloomington, IN 47401
(812)855-5378

Mr. Dennis Zeisler
Chairman, Department of Music
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
(804)683-4336

Dr. Terry Austin
Director of Bands
Virginia Commonwealth University
922 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2004
(804)367-1660