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Travis J. Weller
PRESIDENT [2026-2028]
Phi Beta Mu International
Pennsylvania, USA
Portfolio: Educational Outreach
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Travis J. Weller (1973) is currently serving as the Assistant Chair for the Music Department at Messiah University. In addition to that position, he is the Director of Music Education at Messiah University. His duties at Messiah include supervising instrumental music education students, teaching methods courses, working with graduate conducting students, and conducting the Symphonic Winds.
He holds degrees from Kent State University, Duquesne University, and Grove City College. Travis is a member of Phi Beta Mu (Nu Chapter), ASCAP, and the National Band Association. He has previously served on the Phi Beta Mu International Board of Directors and is completing a second term as President for Nu Chapter. He has previously served as a state officer for PMEA and currently serves as the PCMEA State Chapter Adviser. He frequently presents on instrumental music education at professional development conferences like the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and state music conferences. Travis has been a contributing author for articles in Teaching Music, The Instrumentalist, National Band Association Journal, The PMEA Journal, and The Phi Beta Mu International Newsletter. He performs with the Musicians’ Concert Band and works with the Pittsburgh Creators’ Project.
He is in frequent demand as a guest conductor for honor bands and composer in residence sessions with school bands across Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and New England. As a composer, Travis has published works available from multiple publishers including Bandworks Publications, Wingert-Jones, The FJH Music Company, Grand Mesa Music, C.L. Barnhouse Music Publishers, Carl Fischer, Ludwig-Masters and Manhattan Beach Music. Travis resides in Grove City with his wife, their three daughters and a son.
Keith Rudolph
IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT [2026-2028]
Phi Beta Mu International
Indiana, USA
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Mr. Keith Rudolph retired in 2011 after 38 years as band director at Penn High School in Mishawaka, IN. A 1970 graduate of Butler University, Mr. Rudolph served as graduate assistant for the Butler Bands in addition to a stint as Assistant Director and Staff Arranger for the University of South Carolina Bands. At Butler University Rudolph was greatly influenced by two outstanding directors: Dr. John Colbert and Mr. Michael Leckrone.
Rudolph is currently Secretary and a Past President of Gamma Chapter, Phi Beta Mu National Bandmaster’s Fraternity, and a member Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Kappa Psi, Music Educator’s National Conference, IMEA, and the Indiana Bandmasters Association. Recognitions include selection as the 2003 Gamma Chapter Indiana Outstanding Bandmaster and induction in the Hall of Fame in 2012. Mr. Rudolph has been active in ISSMA since its inception in 1980 and has served as president on two occasions. He was also president of NISBOVA shortly before the merger that created ISSMA. Rudolph is well known as an adjudicator and clinician for many ISSMA, IMEA, and other regional and national contests and events. In April 2009 The Instrumentalist featured Mr. Rudolph and the Penn Band program in an extensive article.
Under Rudolph’s direction, the band program at Penn High School has grown from two concert bands with 80 students in 1973 to five concert bands numbering over 300 students today. All five concert bands regularly earn Gold ratings at ISSMA events and in 2006, 2007, and 2008 the top three bands all earned Gold ratings in Group I. The Symphonic Winds have been a frequent state finalist with a runner-up finish in 2009 and top five placing in five of Rudolph’s last seven years. In 2008 the Symphonic Winds performed at the prestigious Midwest International Band Clinic – only the third Indiana concert band in the last 30 years to do so.
The concert bands are the heart of a program that also features outstanding marching and jazz bands: Penn Marching Bands have been featured in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Orange Parade, Fiesta Parade, Philadelphia Thanksgiving Parade and Gator Bowl Parade. The Marching Kingsmen Band has been a state finalist on numerous occasions with 5th place finishes in his last two years as director. From 1973-2000 Mr. Rudolph also directed the Jazz Ensemble which earned numerous honor nand and soloist awards. From 1982-1994 Rudolph hosted “Jazz at Penn,” a popular invitational headlined by the NIU Jazz Band directed by Ron Modell. Jazz ensembles under his direction have appeared nationally at events including the American Association of School Administrator’s convention in San Francisco and the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz Festival in Harrisburg, PA.
Mr. Rudolph and his wife Julie, a retired nurse, reside in Mishawaka. They share five children, four grandchildren, and enjoy family, home projects, travel, reading and golf. Mr. Rudolph is deeply grateful to the countless band students, parents, colleagues, and PHM administrators who have all played key roles in the success of the Penn Bands. Now serving a second term on the Phi Beta Mu International Board of Directors, Rudolph is also very active as a judge and clinician for concert and marching bands.
Jay Watkins
VICE-PRESIDENT [2026-2028]
Phi Beta Mu International
Florida, USA
Jay Watkins is the Associate Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music in the School of Music at the University of Florida, where he is the Music Director and Conductor of the UF Symphonic Band, and Director of The Gator Marching Band; both of which have presented performances at regional, national and international conferences and events. He is a frequent conductor of the UF Wind Symphony, conducting performances in Carnegia Hall and numerous international venues. Prof. Watkins is an ardent supporter of new music, working with established and emerging composers to add to the wind band repertoire, consistently premiering numerous works every concert cycle. He is an active NARAS recognized producer for numerous ensembles and individual recording projects.
The UF Gator Marching Band under his leadership was selected by the International Olympic Committee to perform during opening week of the London 2012 Olympics and served as the official band for Michelle Obama and the US Contingent during the games. The Gator Band was also the first non-British band afforded the honor of performing on the Mall outside of Buckingham Palace. The Gator Band was the recipient of the 2013 Sudler Trophy presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation and represented the U.S. and Florida in Normandy last June for the 80th Anniversary Commemorations of D-Day.
Professor Watkins has received recognition as Teacher of the Year in the College of the Arts at UF and the National Band Association’s “Citation of Excellence.” He is active as a conductor, clinician, show designer, and adjudicator throughout the United States and Europe.
Prof. Watkins is an elected member of the International Board of Directors of Phi Beta Mu, where he chaired the Commissioning Committee and serves on the Educational Advisory Board. He holds memberships in the College Band Director’s National Association, World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, National Association for Music Education, National Band Association, John Philip Sousa Foundation, the International Conductor’s Guild, and is an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha, Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi.
Prior to coming to UF, he served as Assistant to the Director of Bands, Assistant Director of the Longhorn Band, and Conductor of the Concert and Athletic Bands at The University of Texas at Austin. At Texas, he guest conducted the Symphony Band, designed shows for the Longhorn Band and initiated a project incorporating the live-music community of Austin in performances with the Texas athletic bands at sporting events, working with over 36 Grammy award-winning artists. He previously served as the Director of Bands and Associate Professor at Charleston Southern University, where he also founded and conducted The Lowcountry Winds, a professional wind ensemble. He also served as the Director of Instrumental Music and Director of the U.S. Naval Academy Drum & Bugle Corps, and as a teacher in the public schools in North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia.
June Bearden
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [2023-]
Phi Beta Mu International
Texas, USA
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Mrs. June Bearden retired from Frenship Middle School in Wolfforth, Texas where she served as the director of bands for 21 years. Her career of being a proud Texas band director included the school districts of Monahans, Plainview, Lubbock and Frenship over 29 years. She graduated from Wichita Falls High School, followed by Texas Tech University where she earned a Bachelor of Music Education with primary study on French Horn and served as drum major of the Goin’ Band from Raiderland & president of the Beta chapter of Tau Beta Sigma.
Her bands were consistent festival and University Interscholastic League Sweepstakes Award winners. She was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership in the Texas congress of Parents and Teachers when selected as Teacher of the Year at Atkins Junior High School in Lubbock. She has taught at several summer band camps as drum major instructor and band director including the Howard Payne Auxiliary Camp and the Texas Tech Band & Orchestra camp for thirty years. She served as Region XVI Middle School Band Coordinator and served on several TMEA committees over the years.
Her professional affiliations include Phi Beta Mu where she currently serves as the Executive Secretary, is on the International Board of Directors, and is chair of the Educational Outreach project as well as serving on the Young Bandmaster Committee for the Alpha chapter in Texas. Mrs. Bearden currently serves as the UIL Assistant Executive Secretary for Region 16. She served as president of the Texas chapter of the Women Band Directors Association. Additional affiliations include the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Tau Beta Sigma and Mu Phi Epsilon. She has been awarded honorary membership in Kappa Kappa Psi.
Mrs. Bearden has been a clinician at TMEA, TBA & a chat room host at Midwest conventions. She is an active adjudicator, clinician and consultant. She has served as an adjudicator at the Denmark Band Championships, Kansas Central States Honor Band, Middle Tennessee Honor Band, as well as numerous Texas Honor band events.
Mrs. Bearden is married to Keith Bearden and live in Lubbock. They attend Westminster Presbyterian Church where she sings in the choir. She plays french horn in the Lubbock Concert Band and is a board member. They enjoy the outdoors, travel, antique automobiles, outdoor activities and spending time with family, friends and three cats.
Craig Aarhus
DIRECTOR [2026-2028]
Phi Beta Mu International
Mississippi, USA
Dr. Craig Aarhus is Associate Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Mississippi State University. At MSU, he co-directs the Famous Maroon Band and basketball pep bands, conducts Wind Ensemble “B,” the Concert Band, and Campus Band, and teaches Conducting and Brass Techniques in the Department of Music. He also currently serves as the area coordinator for Music Education in the department. As a member of the band faculty, Dr. Aarhus has been part of a team that has helped lead the band program to unprecedented growth, making it currently one of the largest bands in the Southeast.
A native of Alabama, Dr. Aarhus received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Auburn University and his Master of Arts and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Conducting from The University of Iowa. While at Iowa, he was the recipient of the prestigious Iowa Performance Fellowship and was a conducting student of Dr. Myron Welch. He also served as a graduate conductor for all of the concert bands, arranged music and wrote drill for the Hawkeye Marching Band, and was co-director of the Iowa Pep Band. During this time, he was also the director of the Southeast Iowa Concert Band at Iowa Wesleyan College for one year. Prior to his appointment at MSU, Dr. Aarhus was a successful high school and middle band director in the public schools of Lanett, Tallassee, and Mobile, Alabama.
Dr. Aarhus is a member of several professional organizations including Phi Beta Mu (Past-President, Delta Chapter), the College Band Directors National Association, Phi Mu Alpha, Tau Beta Sigma and the Mississippi Bandmasters Association. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the National Band Association and recently completed a ten year tenure as a Governor for the Southeast District of Kappa Kappa Psi. Dr. Aarhus has been an adjudicator and clinician throughout the Southeast, Midwest, and in Canada, and is a contributing author to five volumes of the popular Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series. He has presented at numerous state and national conferences, including The Midwest Clinic, the CBDNA Summer Athletic Band Symposium, and the Mississippi Bandmasters Association State Band Clinic.
In the summer of 2024, Dr. Aarhus served on the staff of the D-Day 80th Anniversary Collegiate Mass Band and helped lead performances in the Normandy region of France to honor the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. The Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Mu selected Dr. Aarhus as the 2022 “Outstanding Bandmaster” in Mississippi, and in 2019, the Southeast District of Kappa Kappa Psi named their “Outstanding Director/Sponsor” Award after him. Other recent honors and awards include the A. Frank Martin Award from Kappa Kappa Psi for excellence in fraternity service (2017), the Clyde Muse Service Award from the MSU College of Education (2015) and selection to the George Duke Humphrey Faculty Leadership Program (2015). In 2010 and 2011, he was a recipient of the “StatePride” Award for excellence in teaching, research, and service. He has been a clinician/instructor at the Smith-Walbridge Drum Major Clinics for over 20 years, and in that capacity has had the opportunity to teach hundreds of high school and college drum majors from across the country. Dr. Aarhus and his family reside in Starkville and are members of First Presbyterian Church, where he has served as Music Director since 2007.
Todd Clearwater
DIRECTOR [2026-2028]
Phi Beta Mu International
Texas, USA
Todd Clearwater has been a band director for 38 years. He retired from the classroom in 2022 after 34 years, 30 of them in the Klein Independent School District in northwest Houston.
Mr. Clearwater was raised near Denver, Colorado and began playing the trombone in the 4th grade. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM and did his student teaching in El Paso, TX which is where he made the connection to band in Texas. During his career he has taught concert band, beginning band, marching band, jazz band, orchestra, AP Music Theory, and IB Music. He has been the associate conductor of the full orchestra at Klein High school where he was integrally involved with winning three TMEA Honor Full Orchestra titles, and also at Klein Oak High School where the full orchestra performed at The Midwest Clinic in 2014. Mr. Clearwater has conducted three additional times at Midwest with two feeder program middle school bands and a middle school orchestra which he mentors.
Mr. Clearwater became the head band director at Klein Oak High School in 2005. He grew the program from 145 students to well over 300. All levels of band were successful at Klein Oak with four concert bands regularly earning first division ratings at UIL evaluations. In 2016, the Klein Oak Wind Ensemble performed at the Music for All National Concert Band Festival. In 2021 the band was a Commended Winner in the National Wind Band Honors and in 2022 was a National Winner.
Mr. Clearwater has been very active in music education leadership roles in Texas. He served as the TMEA Region 9 Band Division Chairman for eight years and as the TMEA Area F chairman for both All-State auditions and the Honor Band process for six. He has served multiple terms on the TMEA / UIL Music Advisory Committee and served as the chairman of the 5A All-State auditions in 2019. He has served on the Board of Directors for Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Mu, ending with his term as president for 2016 – 2018.
Currently, in his “retirement”, Mr. Clearwater supports many young teachers and their programs in the Houston area by serving as a clinician and individual mentor. He also acts as a University Supervisor for music education students from the University of Houston during their student teaching experience. He judges both UIL Marching Band contests and Concert & Sightreading Evaluations, as well as some local festivals. And finally, he is a co-conductor of the Cypress Winds Community Band. The Cypress Winds is composed entirely of music education professionals from greater northwest Houston. It is the mission of the group to provide a place for teachers at all levels to continue to develop as musicians and teachers, to interact as colleagues, and to promote wind band to the general public through concerts.Tab 2 content.
Dariusz Krajewski
DIRECTOR [2026-2028]
Phi Beta Mu International
Poland
Dariusz is a graduate of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań (wind band conducting) and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (trombone). He also completed Postgraduate Studies in Management at the Radom Academy of Economics. He is a scholarship recipient of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2018, 2020) and a graduate of the NGO Management Program of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation.
Since 2008, he has served as Conductor and Band Director of the Orkiestra Grandioso Radom and is President of the Grandioso Association (NGO). He is also a Low Brass teacher at the Music School in Radom and the Radom Culture House.
Dariusz Krajewski is President of the Polish Band Association (WAMSB Poland), Head of the WAMSB Poland Judges’ Office, and a member of the WAMSB International Advisory Board. He has served as an adjudicator for numerous Polish contests and the European Championships in 2025.
He also serves as President of the Polish branch of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity – Rho Omicron Chapter, Poland.
He is the originator and organizer of numerous national and international initiatives supporting wind band education and development, including the National Wind Band Conference (held annually in early spring), the Polish Open Band Championships (annual summer event), International Band Day (second Saturday of June), national judging certification courses (biennial), and the Polish Face to Face Solo Competition for Instrumentalists (annual, established in 2025). He also coordinated humanitarian and educational initiatives for Ukrainian refugees, including Instrument from/for a Friend and Banding Together, in cooperation with the South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble (USA).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he founded the Polish Virtual Wind Band, producing recordings with more than 1,800 musicians from Poland and around the world.
Together with the Orkiestra Grandioso Radom, he has achieved significant competitive success, including Polish Champion (2025), World Vice-Champion in Street Parade (2024), European Champion in Marching Parade (2016), European Vice-Champion in Parade (2018, 2019, 2022), and 4th Prize at the World Music Contest in Kerkrade, the Netherlands (2022).
Dariusz Krajewski is the principal choreographer of Orkiestra Grandioso Radom’s marching and show performances. He has performed with the orchestra in Greece, the Czech Republic, Belarus, Germany, France, Spain, Tunisia, Denmark, Italy, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Luoyang, Rizhao), Hong Kong, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Romania.
He is co-author of the publication How to Run a Wind Band, released by the National Board of the Volunteer Fire Department Association in Poland. As a performer, he has recorded for Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM), including brass quintet recordings, and his trombone trio recording of the Radom bugle call has been broadcast daily from Radom City Hall since 2000. PWM has also published his wind band arrangement of Rockflame.
In 2023, with the Orkiestra Grandioso Radom, he premiered Winter Overture by Przemysław Zych under the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage’s Composition Commissions Program. Beyond commissioned works, he actively promotes and programs contemporary Polish wind band literature, including works by Zuzanna Krasowska and Dariusz Umięcki, both in concert performance and within the National Wind Band Conference.
He has appeared in numerous national television broadcasts in Poland and is the host of the NaDety Podcast, dedicated to wind band education and advocacy. Recordings of Dariusz Krajewski and the Orkiestra Grandioso Radom are available on major streaming platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Music.
He is frequently invited as a guest conductor, clinician, and lecturer for workshops and webinars for wind band conductors and students, including at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.
In his private life, he enjoys traveling to exotic destinations with his wife Joanna and their son Julian.
Cindy Lansford
DIRECTOR [2024-2026]
Phi Beta Mu International
Texas, USA
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Mrs. June Bearden retired from Frenship Middle School in Wolfforth, Texas where she served as the director of bands for 21 years. Her career of being a proud Texas band director included the school districts of Monahans, Plainview, Lubbock and Frenship over 29 years. She graduated from Wichita Falls High School, followed by Texas Tech University where she earned a Bachelor of Music Education with primary study on French Horn and served as drum major of the Goin’ Band from Raiderland & president of the Beta chapter of Tau Beta Sigma.
Her bands were consistent festival and University Interscholastic League Sweepstakes Award winners. She was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership in the Texas congress of Parents and Teachers when selected as Teacher of the Year at Atkins Junior High School in Lubbock. She has taught at several summer band camps as drum major instructor and band director including the Howard Payne Auxiliary Camp and the Texas Tech Band & Orchestra camp for thirty years. She served as Region XVI Middle School Band Coordinator and served on several TMEA committees over the years.
Her professional affiliations include Phi Beta Mu where she currently serves as the Executive Secretary, is on the International Board of Directors, and is chair of the Educational Outreach project as well as serving on the Young Bandmaster Committee for the Alpha chapter in Texas. Mrs. Bearden currently serves as the UIL Assistant Executive Secretary for Region 16. She served as president of the Texas chapter of the Women Band Directors Association. Additional affiliations include the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Tau Beta Sigma and Mu Phi Epsilon. She has been awarded honorary membership in Kappa Kappa Psi.
Mrs. Bearden has been a clinician at TMEA, TBA & a chat room host at Midwest conventions. She is an active adjudicator, clinician and consultant. She has served as an adjudicator at the Denmark Band Championships, Kansas Central States Honor Band, Middle Tennessee Honor Band, as well as numerous Texas Honor band events.
Mrs. Bearden is married to Keith Bearden and live in Lubbock. They attend Westminster Presbyterian Church where she sings in the choir. She plays french horn in the Lubbock Concert Band and is a board member. They enjoy the outdoors, travel, antique automobiles, outdoor activities and spending time with family, friends and three cats.
Andrew Mroch
DIRECTOR [2024-2026]
Phi Beta Mu International
Kentucky, USA
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Andrew Mroch is a native of Tell City, IN and has served as band director for the Trigg County Public Schools in Cadiz, KY since 1999. A 1997 graduate of Western Kentucky University, Mr. Mroch earned Rank II Certification from Western Kentucky University and Rank I Certification from Murray State University. Additionally, Mroch was a marching member of the World Champion Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps from 1989-1993. Mroch is currently Secretary and a Past President of Psi Chapter, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, and a member of the Kentucky Music Educators Association and the First District Band Directors Association.
Recognitions include selection as the 2003 District I Middle School Teacher of the Year and 2005 and 2007 District I High School Teacher of the year. Mr. Mroch has been active in KMEA and has served the association in many capacities including District President and Band Chair on two occasions.
Mroch has been an adjudicator and clinician for KMEA and regional events. Under Mroch’s direction, the concert bands in Trigg County have earned distinguished ratings at KMEA Concert Band Assessments for the last 25 years. While the concert band is the heart of the program, it also features an outstanding marching and jazz band. The marching band has been a state finalist on numerous occasions with a runner-up finish in 2013. The jazz band has been a frequent participant at regional jazz festivals. The program regularly places students into KMEA All-District, All-State Bands as well as regional honor bands.
Mr. Mroch and his wife Kim, a middle school social studies teacher, reside in Hopkinsville. They have twins, Logan and Leigh Allyn.
Dr. Rusty Courson
DIRECTOR [2025-2027]
Phi Beta Mu International
Alabama, USA
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Dr. Rusty Courson (1981) is a native of Phenix City, Alabama. He completed undergraduate and graduate studies at Troy University, earning the BME in 1989 and the MSE in Music Education in 1996, along with earning a certificate in Educational Administration in 2008. He also completed studies in Educational Leadership (Ed.S./2010, Ed.D./2018) at Liberty University.
Dr. Courson served as a music educator for 33 years in Alabama, with 22 of those years spent as a band director in the Smiths Station attendance area of the Lee County Schools, and he continues to serve as an adjunct professor of music for Troy University.
He is the Immediate Past-President of the Rho (Alabama) Chapter of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, is a Past-President of the Alabama Bandmasters Association, served on the board of the Alabama Music Educators Association, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic.
Dr. Courson was named Teacher of the Year at Smiths Station High School and also the Page One Nominee for Outstanding Teacher, sponsored by the Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer, and he was named as One of 50 Directors Who Make A Difference by School Band and Orchestra Magazine in 200. He is also a multiple recipient of the National Band Association Citation of Excellence.
In 2021, the Lee County Board of Education named the Smiths Station Junior High School Band Room for him in honor of his years of service to the students of Smiths Station. Dr. Courson is also the founder and conductor of the 85-member Smiths Station Community Band. He also represents the Smiths Station community as the District 2 representative on the Lee County Board of Education.
Jody Dunn
DIRECTOR [2025-2027]
Phi Beta Mu International
Florida, USA
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Jody Dunn is currently in his 33rd year as a band director. He assumed his current position as Director of Bands at Crestview High School in 2006. Under his direction, the Crestview Band has received the Otto J. Kraushaar Award, the highest award given by the Florida Bandmasters Association, several times.
In 2011, Mr. Dunn was a clinician / conductor for the Southeastern United States Honor Band at Troy University. In 2012, the Crestview High School Band was featured in the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. In 2014, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In February of 2017, the Wind Ensemble performed at the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic in Troy, Alabama. In the spring of 2019 and 2023, Mr. Dunn served as the guest clinician / conductor of the Matanuska-Susitna Honor Band in Palmer, Alaska. In 2020, he was the clinician / conductor of the Florida All-State High School Honor Band.
He is active as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the southeast. He has served on the state executive board of the Florida Bandmasters Association as district chairman as well as chair of the FBA Ethics Committee and chair of the FBA Marching Band Task Force. He is a recipient of the Certificate of Merit from the National Band Association. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Florida Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, the National Band Association, the American School Band Directors Association and Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, where he served as president of the Omega Chapter.
Mr. Dunn is a recent recipient of the prestigious Florida Bandmasters Association Oliver Hobbs Award. Jody is the proud father of Olivia, Elizabeth, Joseph and Elijah.
Marc Nichelson
NEWSLETTER EDITOR [Appointed 2025]
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