|
Post by supersound on May 17, 2022 16:40:08 GMT -6
I think Westwoods head director may have just left? I’m not sure if it was their assistant or head director, but one of them left.
|
|
|
Post by statechamp1239 on May 17, 2022 17:37:54 GMT -6
Franklin (TN) got an new head director, Dr. Michael Holland. Announced on Instagram.
|
|
|
Post by macwinlin on May 18, 2022 1:52:39 GMT -6
Broken Arrow HS (OK) - Director Darrin Davis is transitioning to Director of Fine Arts for BAPS. He and current Associate Director, Dr. Kelli Pence, will co-direct this coming year.
Coweta HS (OK) - Director and Associate Director, Chris and Heather Koehn, are migrating to Bartlesville HS (OK). I'm unsure of the replacements.
Union HS (OK) - Assistant Director, Mary Lollis, and Guard Director, Chelsea Arenas, are leaving. I'm unsure of the replacements.
Yukon HS (OK) - Guard Director is migrating to the team at Mustang HS (OK). I believe a former Jenks HS (OK) graduate is being considered.
|
|
|
Post by saturdaynightlights on May 20, 2022 8:25:26 GMT -6
Mike Howard OUT at Vandegrift. Taking the Leander ISD Fine Arts Director job, transition currently being worked on. Public on the VHS Band page
|
|
|
Post by marimba11 on May 20, 2022 14:14:12 GMT -6
Mike Howard OUT at Vandegrift. Taking the Leander ISD Fine Arts Director job, transition currently being worked on. Public on the VHS Band page Interesting year to do it with macys right around the corner, along with Robert leaving Leander makes for some interesting shakeups. I guess he’ll make more money and have less time commitment?? Amanda Drinkwater did the same so it seems to be pretty commonplace now in TX.
|
|
|
Post by saturdaynightlights on May 20, 2022 23:35:39 GMT -6
Mike Howard OUT at Vandegrift. Taking the Leander ISD Fine Arts Director job, transition currently being worked on. Public on the VHS Band page Interesting year to do it with macys right around the corner, along with Robert leaving Leander makes for some interesting shakeups. I guess he’ll make more money and have less time commitment?? Amanda Drinkwater did the same so it seems to be pretty commonplace now in TX. I mean Leander ISD is infamous for not exactly keeping up with a lot of the other notable districts in TX when it comes to pay for classroom teachers, so I am sure that probably has to do with it. I also wonder about the rigors of running such a high powered program and also wanting to make sure it’s in a place where that’s sustainable (because if this happened in 2020 I wouldn’t have been shocked either, but this gave him a chance to make sure they made it through the worst of it).
|
|
|
Post by LeanderMomma on May 21, 2022 15:02:25 GMT -6
Interesting year to do it with macys right around the corner, along with Robert leaving Leander makes for some interesting shakeups. I guess he’ll make more money and have less time commitment?? Amanda Drinkwater did the same so it seems to be pretty commonplace now in TX. I mean Leander ISD is infamous for not exactly keeping up with a lot of the other notable districts in TX when it comes to pay for classroom teachers, so I am sure that probably has to do with it. I also wonder about the rigors of running such a high powered program and also wanting to make sure it’s in a place where that’s sustainable (because if this happened in 2020 I wouldn’t have been shocked either, but this gave him a chance to make sure they made it through the worst of it). maybe as FA director of LISD Mr Howard can fight for higher BD salaries in the district.
|
|
|
Post by saturdaynightlights on May 21, 2022 15:41:02 GMT -6
I mean Leander ISD is infamous for not exactly keeping up with a lot of the other notable districts in TX when it comes to pay for classroom teachers, so I am sure that probably has to do with it. I also wonder about the rigors of running such a high powered program and also wanting to make sure it’s in a place where that’s sustainable (because if this happened in 2020 I wouldn’t have been shocked either, but this gave him a chance to make sure they made it through the worst of it). maybe as FA director of LISD Mr Howard can fight for higher BD salaries in the district. I’d love that. So many fantastic programs, and it’s a lot easier to avoid director burnout if they’re paid what they should be.
|
|
|
Post by Momof20613 on May 21, 2022 23:14:09 GMT -6
Broken Arrow HS (OK) - Director Darrin Davis is transitioning to Director of Fine Arts for BAPS. He and current Associate Director, Dr. Kelli Pence, will co-direct this coming year. Coweta HS (OK) - Director and Associate Director, Chris and Heather Koehn, are migrating to Bartlesville HS (OK). I'm unsure of the replacements. Union HS (OK) - Assistant Director, Mary Lollis, and Guard Director, Chelsea Arenas, are leaving. I'm unsure of the replacements. Yukon HS (OK) - Guard Director is migrating to the team at Mustang HS (OK). I believe a former Jenks HS (OK) graduate is being considered. Yukon HS prior “director” is a very loose term. It was a pair of alumni who are upcoming college juniors. One is staying with us and one left to be on the guard staff at Mustang. Our new director is a Jenks grad who was a student teacher in the band dept this spring and has a ton of guard experience from her time in HS and several summers in DCI. She also did a year or two as the guard director at other local high schools.
|
|
|
Post by LeanderMomma Fan on May 21, 2022 23:29:08 GMT -6
Just an update on Pearland HS, Ryan Demkovich has been transitioning into the director of bands position but along with that their 3rd band director and their color guard director are leaving at the end of this current school year.
It’ll be a big year of transition for Pearland but I’m excited to see what they’re going to produce.
|
|
|
Post by macwinlin on May 22, 2022 1:04:09 GMT -6
Broken Arrow HS (OK) - Director Darrin Davis is transitioning to Director of Fine Arts for BAPS. He and current Associate Director, Dr. Kelli Pence, will co-direct this coming year. Coweta HS (OK) - Director and Associate Director, Chris and Heather Koehn, are migrating to Bartlesville HS (OK). I'm unsure of the replacements. Union HS (OK) - Assistant Director, Mary Lollis, and Guard Director, Chelsea Arenas, are leaving. I'm unsure of the replacements. Yukon HS (OK) - Guard Director is migrating to the team at Mustang HS (OK). I believe a former Jenks HS (OK) graduate is being considered. Yukon HS prior “director” is a very loose term. It was a pair of alumni who are upcoming college juniors. One is staying with us and one left to be on the guard staff at Mustang. Our new director is a Jenks grad who was a student teacher in the band dept this spring and has a ton of guard experience from her time in HS and several summers in DCI. She also did a year or two as the guard director at other local high schools. Thanks! I didn't know much about the previous team. I'm aware of who the new director is and I believe that program is in for a great future!
|
|
|
Post by marimba11 on May 22, 2022 11:11:28 GMT -6
Interesting year to do it with macys right around the corner, along with Robert leaving Leander makes for some interesting shakeups. I guess he’ll make more money and have less time commitment?? Amanda Drinkwater did the same so it seems to be pretty commonplace now in TX. I mean Leander ISD is infamous for not exactly keeping up with a lot of the other notable districts in TX when it comes to pay for classroom teachers, so I am sure that probably has to do with it. I also wonder about the rigors of running such a high powered program and also wanting to make sure it’s in a place where that’s sustainable (because if this happened in 2020 I wouldn’t have been shocked either, but this gave him a chance to make sure they made it through the worst of it). Great point
|
|
|
Post by statechamp1239 on May 22, 2022 15:47:33 GMT -6
Elizabeth HS (NJ) head director has taken a job offer in a different school. Hoping for a brighter future ahead for EHS.
|
|
|
Post by salvation on May 22, 2022 23:40:02 GMT -6
With the first pick in the 2022 Director of Fine Arts Draft, Leander ISD selects:
Mike Howard! from Vandegrift High School
|
|
|
Post by ilikeguard on May 23, 2022 21:12:45 GMT -6
Some verifiable second hand information, Vista Ridge will be promoting an assistant band director to marching band director per their current one receiving a lucrative offer outside of the teaching space. Lots of director changes afoot. Reid Atkinson is leaving to work full time for SASI.
|
|
|
Post by supersound on May 23, 2022 22:58:43 GMT -6
Some verifiable second hand information, Vista Ridge will be promoting an assistant band director to marching band director per their current one receiving a lucrative offer outside of the teaching space. Lots of director changes afoot. Reid Atkinson is leaving to work full time for SASI. Yes, that’s what I was referring to.
|
|
|
Post by gregorydf on May 24, 2022 10:52:31 GMT -6
Some verifiable second hand information, Vista Ridge will be promoting an assistant band director to marching band director per their current one receiving a lucrative offer outside of the teaching space. Lots of director changes afoot. Reid Atkinson is leaving to work full time for SASI. Yes, I saw on the Vista Facebook Page that Reid Atkinson is leaving. Zach Santos will be promoted to take over the Marching Director position. Mr. A. will definitely be missed and wish him the very best! Mr. Santos is very talented and looking forward to what he will bring to the program!
|
|
|
Post by Momof20613 on May 24, 2022 18:31:07 GMT -6
Yukon High School welcomes our new Director of Color Guard, Ms. Keagan Lambert! Ms. Lambert has been involved with music and the marching arts community for 11 years. She recently graduated from The University of Oklahoma and received her bachelors in Music Education. Over the last 5 years she has choreographed, designed, and taught at many schools in Oklahoma including Jenks, Okarche, Choctaw, Southmoore, Norman North, Norman High, and Putnam city North/West. On top of her work with these High School programs, Keagan was the guard director for the Classic Bowl in 2018, on staff with the Pride of Oklahoma in 2020-2021, has choreographed for both The Pride of Oklahoma and Zephyrus Independent, and is currently on the Bluecoats colorguard educational team for the 2022 season. In addition to teaching, Keagan has marched Bluecoats colorguard 2017, ‘19-‘21 and Zephyrus Independent 2020. She has also partnered with Marching Arts Education to create online podcasts, seminars, and guard educational content. Keagan is excited to be joining the Yukon staff and has high standards and goals for the Yukon guard program!
|
|
|
Post by dbalash on May 25, 2022 9:43:03 GMT -6
Granbury, TX news: -Director of Bands, Mark Eastin has retired. -Assistant Director of Bands/Percussion Director Tahlequah Kirk has resigned, pursuing other interests/joining the corporate world.
|
|
|
Post by dbalash on May 25, 2022 10:11:48 GMT -6
Western, IN is looking for a high school/middle school director. I think this to replace Grant Winternheimer, who I think is going to Castle, to be assistant band director alongside Ethan Wilkinson, who is being elevated up to head band director to replace Tom Dean, who is retiring.
(I originally thought it was Bret Winternheimer, but he just left Munster last year to go to Elkhart.)
|
|
|
Post by paddy on May 25, 2022 13:33:48 GMT -6
Western, IN is looking for a high school/middle school director. I think this to replace Grant Winternheimer, who I think is going to Castle, to be assistant band director alongside Ethan Wilkinson, who is being elevated up to head band director to replace Tom Dean, who is retiring. I feel like Western has been burning through directors at a high rate recently.
|
|
|
Post by marimba11 on May 26, 2022 20:03:42 GMT -6
Rick Langdale of Easley High, SC will be transitioning after 9 years to Clover High. Joe Gulledge after years of dedicated service to the activity at Clover and Rock Hill is retiring.
|
|
|
Post by es203 on May 27, 2022 6:03:24 GMT -6
Rick Langdale of Easley High, SC will be transitioning after 9 years to Clover High. Joe Gulledge after years of dedicated service to the activity at Clover and Rock Hill is retiring. Sad to hear Gulledge retiring, he has really made Clover into a great band.
|
|
|
Post by LeanderMomma Fan on May 27, 2022 10:49:22 GMT -6
Update on Pearland HS staff:
In 2022 they will have a new
Head Director 2nd Band Director 3rd Band Director Color Guard Director
The two former assistants at Pearland have both accepted jobs at Tompkins HS in Katy.
|
|
|
Post by Samuel Culper on May 27, 2022 11:33:20 GMT -6
Update on Pearland HS staff: In 2022 they will have a new Head Director 2nd Band Director 3rd Band Director Color Guard Director The two former assistants at Pearland have both accepted jobs at Tompkins HS in Katy. Damn. Almost starting from scratch.
|
|
|
Post by Subito Fortissimo on May 27, 2022 19:16:42 GMT -6
Jennifer Hanford is the new Director of Bands at James Bowie HS after having been an assistant director with the program since 2016.
|
|
|
Post by macwinlin on May 29, 2022 0:16:24 GMT -6
Jennifer Hanford is the new Director of Bands at James Bowie HS after having been an assistant director with the program since 2016. Broken Arrow grad! Congrats to her. She was DM in 2006 and 2007.
|
|
|
Post by Scarlett on Jun 1, 2022 13:34:41 GMT -6
Anyone taking over at The Woodlands yet?
|
|
|
Post by principalagent on Jun 1, 2022 19:04:12 GMT -6
Anyone taking over at The Woodlands yet? Nope.
|
|
|
Post by Momof20613 on Jun 9, 2022 12:08:27 GMT -6
Yukon High School in Yukon, OK is now looking for a new head band director.
|
|