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Mr. Todd P. Howell |
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todd.howell@hcbe.net |
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Director of
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Todd Howell is currently serving in his 15th
year as Director of Bands at Warner Robins High School in Warner
Robins, Georgia. In addition to his role as Director of Bands,
Mr. Howell is also the Fine Arts Department chairman.
Bands during Mr. Howell’s tenure at WRHS have consistently been
rated Superior on the concert stage as well as the marching
field. Since Mr. Howell arrived at the school the band has grown
from 1 group of 80 students to 3 concert bands, a jazz band,
percussion ensemble and the Demon Marching Band. The Warner
Robins band program has represented the school and community in
various events ranging from participation in the 2000 Outback
Bowl half-time show, an exchange performance in the Grand
Bahamas Islands, to the band’s most recent invitation to perform
at the 2011 Sugar Bowl.
Prior to his position at Warner Robins High School, Mr. Howell
served as Director of Bands at Heard County High School in
Franklin, Georgia and as Assistant Band Director at Warner
Robins Middle School, Northside Middle School and Northside High
School in Warner Robins, Georgia.
Mr. Howell is a 1993 and 1995 graduate from Jacksonville State
University in Jacksonville, Alabama where he earned a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Music and a Masters of Music Education. During
his time at JSU, Mr. Howell performed with the Marching
Southerners for 4 years and served as Drum Major during the 1990
season. During the summers of 1990 & 1991 Mr. Howell was a
performing member of the now 14 time DCI World Champion Blue
Devils Drum & Bugle Corps from Concord, California.
In the summer of 2005, Mr. Howell completed his Educational
Specialist degree from Columbus State University. He is
currently pursuing a PhD in Music Education at Auburn
University. Mr. Howell is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Professional Fraternity for Men in Music in America, Kappa Delta
Pi honor society in Education, Music Educators National
Conference, and the Georgia Music Educators Association.
Mr. Howell has served from 2008-2010 as the District Chairman
for the 11th district of the Georgia Music Educators
Association. He is also past chairman of the GMEA Marching Band
committee. Mr. Howell has served as an adjudicator for marching
band as well as solo and ensemble contests in Georgia and South
Carolina.
Todd is married to his wife Nancy who has been a loving
inspiration for the last 15 years. They have been blessed with 2
beautiful children, Emily (age 10) and Timothy (age 7). The
Howell family resides in Warner Robins, Georgia. |
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Chris Ryles |
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chris.ryles@hcbe.net |
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Assistant Director of
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Miguel Castro |
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Percussion Coordinator |
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Miguel studied music from 1977 to 1981 at the Conservatorio
Nacional de Musica in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He has performed
with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional, the Swiss Philharmonic, the Carol
Morgan Operatic Society, the Youth Philharmonic, and the Orquesta Sinfonica
de Maracaibo.
Mr. Castro continues to perform with various jazz groups and Latin American
music groups, in addition to teaching classical, jazz, ethnic, and Latin
music. In addition to being the Artistic Director of the Saoco Percussion
Ensemble, Mr. Castro is currently the Director of Percussion Studies at
Mercer University and Middle Georgia College, and Percussion Coordinator for
the Schools of Houston County, Georgia. |
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Catreece
Fritts |
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Color Guard Instructor |
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Craig Brush |
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Marching Instructor |
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