Hi, I'm Taylor.

Since 2012 I've taught percussion in Texas band programs at every classification — 6A programs competing at Bands of America, and 4A programs building from very little. Percussion director, assistant drumline director, front ensemble tech, and the person a program calls when a section has stalled.

The work is the same every time: rebuild the section, write the curriculum, and leave behind systems that outlast whoever is standing on the podium.

I'm currently taking consulting, clinic, and private lesson work across North Texas.

Where I've taught

• Castleberry ISD — Fort Worth 4A · Assistant Band Director and Percussion Director 2020–26
• Duncanville ISD 6A · Assistant Percussion Director. Bands of America. 2019–20
• Lewisville ISD 6A · Assistant Percussion Instructor, high school and feeder middle schools. 2018–19
• Wedgewood and Crowley Middle Schools — Fort Worth MS · Private lesson instructor 2018–19
• Cleburne ISD 5A · Assistant Percussion Director and Middle School Percussion Coordinator. USBands. 2015–18
• UNT Green Brigade Marching Band — Denton College · Cymbal line and field technician 2012–16
• Grapevine High School 5A · Assistant Drumline Director and private lesson instructor 2012–15

Also

Percussion coordinator for region and district bands — TMEA Regions 2 and 30, and ATSSB Region 5/30. I also run beginner placement testing for programs each year, and take regular clinic and guest instruction across Texas, including North Shore Senior High School's indoor drumline in Houston. Quad section leader with Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps, and two PASIC titles with the Flower Mound High School drumline.

Education

BA in Music, concentration in Percussion — University of North Texas.

What I also build

Outside of teaching, I build free practice tools for percussionists — metronomes, counting trainers, rudiment references, and keyboard-percussion apps — at Backwerd Rhythm Shop. They come out of the same place the lessons do: students learn faster when the tool in front of them is clear.