2012 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band Staff Announced
RESTON, VA (April 11, 2011) — MENC: The National Association for Music Education announced the 2012 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band instructional staff. MENC member T. André Feagin will lead the band in January, after serving on the staff in 2009-2011. Feagin is associate director of bands at University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and former brass caption head for DCI drum corp, Santa Clara Vanguard. Feagin received a master’s degree in instrumental wind conducting from the University of Memphis and is a doctoral of musical arts candidate in conducting from the University of North Texas, where he studies under North Texas Wind Symphony conductor Eugene Migliaro Corporon.
Pictured: T. André Feagin; Photo Credit: CSM Loran McClung
The 2012 instructional staff hails from all over the country and represents the best marching music programs and drum corps in the nation:
- Ken Bodiford – Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL (2011 AAMB Staff)
- Colin McNutt – The Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps, Allentown, PA
- Ian Hale – Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps, Fort Mill, SC
- Daniel Montoya – Underwater Theme Productions, Austin, TX
- J. D. Shaw – Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps, Rockford, IL
- Andrea Brown – Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
- Nicholas Williams – University of North Texas, Denton, TX
- Duane Hill – Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX
- Nicholas V. Holland, III – University of Memphis
- Bob Buckner – Western Carolina University
- Jenifer Leseth – U.S. Army All-American Marching Band Color Guard Designer
The U.S. Army All-American Marching Band is an all-expenses paid opportunity for high school marchers. Current juniors can apply until May 1, 2011. Selection will be announced in late July.
For more information, visit www.menc.org/s/band.
MENC: The National Association for Music Education, among the world’s largest arts education organizations, marked its centennial in 2007 as the only association that addresses all aspects of music education. Through membership of more than 75,000 active, retired, and pre-service music teachers, and with 60,000 honor students and supporters, MENC serves millions of students nationwide through activities at all teaching levels, from preschool to graduate school. MENC’s mission is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all. Since 1907, MENC has worked to ensure that every student has access to a well-balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality program of music instruction taught by qualified teachers. MENC’s activities and resources have been largely responsible for the establishment of music education as a profession, for the promotion and guidance of music study as an integral part of the school curriculum, and for the development of the National Standards for Arts Education. MENC is located in Reston, VA.
