Experience

Kirkwood School District, Kirkwood, Missouri 2005 – 2023

Director of Bands August, 2018 – 2024

• Kirkwood High School Head Band Director
• KHS Pioneer Pride Marching Head Band Director
• KHS Symphonic Band Co-Director 
• KHS Wind Ensemble Head Director
• KHS Concert Band Head Director
• KHS Woodwind Chamber Ensemble Founder/Director
• North Kirkwood Middle School Assistant Band Director
• Nipher Middle School Assistant Band Director
• Beginning Clarinet Class Instructor

August, 2005 – 2018

• North Kirkwood Middle School Head Band Director
• Kirkwood High School Assistant Band Director
• KHS Pioneer Pride Marching Band Assistant Director
• KHS Symphonic Band Director 2005 – 2012
• KHS Wind Ensemble Co-Director 2012 – Present
• KHS Woodwind Chamber Ensemble Founder/Director
• NKMS Play it Forward Coordinator
• Beginning Clarinet Class Instructor

St. Louis Community College

Adjunct Music Faculty 2002 – 2005

• Basic Music 103
• Class Piano I
• Enjoyment of Music 114
• Woodwind Sectionals for Meramec Community Band

Fort Zumwalt School District, O’Fallon, Missouri – Band Director 1995 – 2001

• FZS Wind Ensemble Co-Director
• FZS Symphonic Band Co-Director
• FZS Woodwind Ensemble Founder/Director
• FZN Marching Band Assistant Director
• FZN Symphonic Band Director
• FZS Independent Music Theory Instructor
• District Solo and Ensemble Teaching and Organization
• FZS Musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” Instrumental Rehearsal
• FZN Guitar Class
• Dubray and South Middle School 8^th Grade Band Assistant Director
• Dubray Middle School 8^th Grade Band Assistant Director
• Dubray Middle School Beginning Clarinet, Saxophone, Percussion and Flute Classes

Education

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville – Master of Music in Education – September 1996 – August 1999

• Conducting Emphasis
• Masters Thesis:  Selecting Quality Literature for the High School Wind Ensemble
• Summa Cum Laude

Missouri State University, Springfield— Bachelor of Science in Music Education

• Instrumental Music
• Cum Lade

Skills

Conducting

Woodwind Specialist

Beginning Clarinet Pedagogy

Organizational Skills

Marketing Band Program

Team Management Student and Staff

Student Leadership

Awards

2022 Missouri Music Educators Conference Performance –  Kirkwood High School Wind Ensemble – Director

2018 Missouri Music Educators Conference Performance –  Kirkwood High School Woodwind Chamber Ensemble – Director

2017 Carnegie Hall Performance – Kirkwood High School Symphonic Orchestra – Woodwind Specialist

2016 Missouri Music Educators Conference Performance – Kirkwood High School Symphonic Orchestra – Woodwind Specialist

2010 Missouri Music Educators Conference Performance – Kirkwood High School Wind Ensemble – Assistant Director – woodwinds

Publishing/Commission

The Spark: Notes from the Podium by Gary Gackstatter and Ron Sikes Consultant on early drafts of the book

Vandoren – Wave – Article  Sharing Experience: The Most Effective Ways to Reach Your Students

Galop Marche – Gackstatter

Commissioning Director Resource Recording Performing Ensemble

Kirkwood – Clancey Weeks Woodwind Choir – Archived in the Kirkwood, Missouri Historical Society

Loch Lomond – Ralph Vaughn Williams arr. Gary Gackstatter

SolidaCapo.com           Co-Owner Developer        Digital Signage for Band

Service

Nottelmann Music Professional Development —“What I Wish I Had Known“ Panelist 2019

St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association — Band Vice President 2022 – 2024. — Treasurer 2024 – present

Guest Clinicians:

2022-2023 Dr. Courtney Snyder

2023 – 2024 Dr. Carolyn Barber

RCF Studio – Private Clarinet Instructor 2004 – Present

Guest Conductor:

— Maramec Symphonic Band — 2018 – Yorkshire Ballade – James Barnes

—Convergence Symphonic Band — 2024 -Present

• Sheltering Sky – John Mackey – 12/2024
• She Dares, She Leaps – Erika Svanoe – 5/2025
• Remember Who You Are – Gary Gackstatter 10/2025
• Ave Maria – Kyle Rieger – 12/2025
• Nitro – Frank Ticheli 3/2026

Conductor:

• Divergence Woodwind Choir 2026

References

Available upon request.

Clinics/Adjudication

Adjudication

SLSMMEA District #5 MS Large Ensemble Festival 2025

SLSMMEA District#5 MS Solo Ensemble Festival 2025

Clinician

Parkway West High School/Parkway West Middle School Clinician February 2025

Lindbergh High School Woodwind Choir February 2025

St. Louis University High School Woodwind clinician and chamber music clinician 2025

Washington Middle Schoo – Mehlville School District – Woodwind Solo Ensemble Clinician April 2025

Wentzville Timberland High School Symphonic/Concert Band Clinic April 2025

Ladue Middle School Band Clinician April 2025

Bernard Middle School Band Clinician April 2025

Lafayette High School Wind Ensemble Clinician January 2026