Instruction

Who is on the Superior instructional staff?

We have rigorous standards for joining the Superior staff. Every member of our staff must be experienced in two very important areas - performing and instructing.

Performing: every staff member has performed at an extremely high level, including DCI Drum & Bugle Corps, WGI Winter Guard or Percussion Line, and/or a top collegiate program.

Instructing: in addition to performing experience, every member of our staff has extensive instructional experience. Every single one has instructed top high school programs, college programs, winter guards, winter drumlines, or even DCI Drum & Bugle Corps.

We currently have 30 instructors on our staff.

Here are bios for just a few of them:

Tim Gauldin - Color Guard, Winds

Tim marched in the Color Guard of the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps, and has been an educator ever since, earning his Bachelor's and Master's in Music Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. He taught middle and high school band for eleven years, was been self-employed as a marching band and Color Guard clinician for eight years, and is now once again a high school band director of a prestigious program in Virginia, Kempsville High School.

Dave Jackson - Percussion

Dave is a marching percussion specialist who studied music education at Appalachian State University. His marching experience includes performing with Appalachian State University Marching Band, The Toledo Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps from 2008-2009, and Independent World Class percussion ensembles Constitution Percussion, Odyssey Percussion Theatre, and Rhythm X. Since aging out Dave has become consultant/instructor for numerous schools and independent percussion groups.

Katie Sparks - Color Guard

Katie Sparks has over 11 years of color guard experience. She was a member of the Blue Knights drum and bugle corps from 2004 until 2007 when she was captain of the color guard. She has also been a member of Oracle Winter Guard and currently performs in Opus 10 Winter Guard, a WGI world class finalist. Katie loves to teach dance and guard, spreading her love of the sport to future generations of performers.

Greg Shull - Percussion

A seven-year veteran of the Superior Band Camp staff, Greg Shull is a co-founder and director of Constitution, an independent world-class percussion ensemble based out of Raleigh, North Carolina. Greg is also an alumus of independent world-class percussion ensemble Carolina Thunder, where he marched for four years until the ensemble was retired in 2001. He has over ten years of experience as a marching band educator, clinician, consultant, and adjudicator.

Theresa Hoover - Drum Majors/Leadership, Marching Technique, Brass, Woodwinds

While earning her Bachelor's in Music Education at Penn State University , Theresa marched mellophone with the Reading Buccaneers, the Penn State Marching Blue Band, and the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps. She also marched in the cymbal line in the Penn State Indoor Drumline. Theresa has been on the instructional staff of a number of high school groups, was on the brass staff of the Reading Buccaneers, and taught on the visual staff of the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps. She is currently an elementary and middle school band director in Pennsylvania, and is in the process of completing a Master's of Music Performance Degree in Instrumental Wind Conducting at West Chester University.

Brian Leonard

Instructor: Drum Majors/Leadership, Marching Technique, Brass, Woodwinds

Brian holds a music education degree from West Chester University . He was also active in DCI as a soprano player with the Crossmen and the Concord Blue Devils. Brian has taught and designed for numerous marching bands, percussion ensembles, and color guards. He has also been on the visual staff for Aftermath Percussion, Riptide Percussion, and Spirit of Atlanta, and served on the visual/brass staff for the Reading Buccaneers from 2001-2005. Currently, Brian is band director at Arcola Intermediate School and directs the Methacton High School Marching Band and Winter Percussion Ensemble. Under his tenure, MHS marching band has placed in the top three in USSBA group 2-open numerous times, including winning championships in 2004 and 2007.