Mellow_Mello Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Not sure if this is the right place for this, but here goes: I'm a marching band member also in winterguard, planning to major in music education in college. I love guard and was curious as to what the feasibility of holding a role in both music and guard education would look like. Assistant band director and head guard director? Or would I have to work more like a tech? Anyone with any sort of knowledge here, please share! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron067 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 This is more common at smaller schools. In most competitive 5A/6A programs, the guard tech/instructor/director is a separate position from any band director role, but I'm sure there are larger programs out there that don't have the funds for a separate guard instructor. Mellow_Mello 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yacob Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 At my school, we have 4 directors. Head Band Director, 2 Assistant Band Directors, and then Guard Director. The Guard Director focuses on guard during marching season, helps out in band class during marching season, and is a full time winter guard and assistant band director during Concert season. He is director of our Cadet Band during concert season, at least he was last year, we recently added Cadet Band this year. Mellow_Mello 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow_Mello Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 9 hours ago, Yacob said: At my school, we have 4 directors. Head Band Director, 2 Assistant Band Directors, and then Guard Director. The Guard Director focuses on guard during marching season, helps out in band class during marching season, and is a full time winter guard and assistant band director during Concert season. He is director of our Cadet Band during concert season, at least he was last year, we recently added Cadet Band this year. That's exactly what I was looking for, very cool! I'm glad to know avenues like that exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasFan Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 On 9/9/2024 at 7:35 AM, Mellow_Mello said: That's exactly what I was looking for, very cool! I'm glad to know avenues like that exist Whatever your path is down the road keep doing both! Having both experiences at the end of the day will only be a positive for you! Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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