Positions

Current
Co-President and CEO, Global Citizen Adventure Corps
Consultant, Percussive Arts Society, Co-Content Editor, Percussive Notes Scholarly Journal

Former
Arts and Outreach Consultant and Coordinator of Education Events, Discovery Park of America: Heritage Park and Museum
Consultant, Shelby County Schools, Music Education
Chair, University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM), Department of Music
Professor and Director of Percussion, UTM Department of Music
Instructor of Percussion, Middle Tennessee State University
Band Director, Murfreesboro City Schools
Percussion Co-Director, Oakland High School
Choir Director, White House High School
Assistant Band Director, Obion County Schools Instructor of Percussion/Jazz Jackson State Community College
Instructor of Percussion, Western New Mexico University

Select Teaching Awards

Yamaha Support Ed Magazine, Cover Feature
Inaugural Recipient, UT President's Outstanding Educator Award
UT Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award
Hardy Graham Distinguished Professorship Award
Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Award

Select Student Success

Hayes Bunch, Director of Bands, University of South Carolina Aiken
Eric Willie, Director of Percussion Studies, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Daniel Vargason, Manager - Derivatives & Reporting at Eco-Energy LLC, CEO and Founder at BackBeat Ink
Daniel Houston, Plant Manager at NCI Building Systems, Inc.
Stephen Downing, Ph.D. in Music Composition, Duke University
C.J. Barrow, Masters in Music Scoring for Visual Media, Indiana University
Jay Lee, Masters in Music, San Francisco Conservatory
Adrian Baker, Assistant Principal, Sycamore HighSchool, Nashville, TN.
Rick Drewry, Percussion Instructor at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, TX.
Kerry Durso Radcliffe, Music Educator/Activist, Bartlett City Schools, Memphis, TN.
Katherine Felthauser Sam, Amro Music, Memphis, TN.
Richard Henson, Freelance Music Educator and Entrepreneur
Zachary McCoy, Conductor/Music Director at Balmoral Chamber Orchestra, Medical Student UT Health Sciences Center
Rachel Steiner, Music Specialist, Northfield Elementary School, Murfreesboro, TN
Bryan Scott, Music Educator, White Station Middle School, Memphis, TN
Sarah Bunn, Music Therapist