Director's Bio

First Year at FBA: 2011-2012
Position: Band Director/Tech Crew Coordinator/Praise Band Supervisor
Number of Years Teaching: 14
Degree: Bachelor of Music from Texas State University '98; 39 hours of Graduate Studies in Flute Performance at UTSA
College Honors:  Summa cum laude (3.8+ GPA); Dean's List every semester; Golden Key National Honor Society, Alpha Chi, Alpha Lambda Delta, and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies; member of advisory council board for the school of fine arts and communication
Certifications:  Lifetime TX teaching certificate (secondary level), Standard ACSI teaching certificate (all-level)
Main Instrument(s):  Flute/Piano
Professional Affiliations:  Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Association of Texas Small School Bands, National Flute Association, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society
Currently performs with:  San Antonio Wind Symphony, Fiesta Flutes, Der Hügelland fünf woodwind quintet
High School Attended:  Hitchcock High School (Hitchcock, TX)
Honors received in High School:  Class Valedictorian, Honor Society President, Band President, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo $10,000 scholarship recipient, Xerox Award, Kodak Award

Accomplishments at FBA: 

• 2011-2012: TAPPS Sweepstakes Award, TAPPS State Champions, ACSI Superior Beginning Band, ACSI Superior Concert Band, many ATSSB All-Region middle and high school students
• 2012-2013: TAPPS Sweepstakes Award, TAPPS State Runner-up, Superior Awards at middle school contest, many ATSSB All-Region middle and high school students, three students placed in ATSSB All-Area Band
• 2013-2014:  TAPPS Sweepstakes Award, TAPPS State Runner-up, Superior Awards at middle school contest, many ATSSB All-Region middle and high school students, one student placed in ATSSB All-Area Band 
• 2014-2015:  TAPPS Sweepstakes Award, TAPPS State Champions, 30 Superior medals at TAPPS, ATSSB All-Region (10 middle school, 7 high school), ATSSB All-Area (5 high school)

Accepted Jesus:  At the Christ in Youth (CIY) Conference in Missouri, 1991, in front of 1,500 teens. My fondest memory of the conference was "hanging out" every day with Audio Adrenaline at the lunch table and watching them snort jello up their noses. (True story! FYI--The red jello burns.)

Life Verse: Philippians 4:8  "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things."