Mellow_Mello Posted August 18, 2024 Posted August 18, 2024 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
aaron067 Posted August 20, 2024 Posted August 20, 2024 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
Yacob Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 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
Mellow_Mello Posted September 9, 2024 Author Posted September 9, 2024 On 9/9/2024 at 3:12 AM, 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. Expand That's exactly what I was looking for, very cool! I'm glad to know avenues like that exist Quote
DallasFan Posted September 29, 2024 Posted September 29, 2024 On 9/9/2024 at 12:35 PM, Mellow_Mello said: That's exactly what I was looking for, very cool! I'm glad to know avenues like that exist Expand 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
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