Director
Dayton, Ohio, United States
In addition to several recognitions, awards, and honors, we received while I was at Calisle, I reached out to the community to bridge what had been a fairly broken relationship between the school and the community, so much so that the community threw impromptu parades to honor our students, complete with police escorts (for the first time ever in city history), and I was able to grow the program from just 3 students when I started to nearly 100, at a school of only 450~ students total. But most importantly, each year, I personally developed a unique concept for a competitive show, managed a budget of roughly $75,000/ year, delegated and oversaw the construction of multiple props from initial sketch to full realization, worked alongside other sound engineers to record high quality vocal tracks, and directed a team of 15+ highly skilled and dedicated professional musicians, visual experts, and a nationally recognized team of creative professionals to help write the music and body movements, and all without me letting even the smallest detail be overlooked. My time at Carlisle was very educational for me, but the results we achieved while I was there, speak for themselves. Not to mention the other awards and recognitions I was honored with, like the “Franklin B. Walter Most Inspirational Educator” award, or being endorsed as a “Featured Master Music/Percussion Educator” and member of their “Educational Leadership Team” by three of the largest international percussion companies, Vic Firth sticks and accessories, Zildjian cymbals, and Mike Balter mallets.