Dan
McGuire serves as Director of Percussion and Assistant Director of Bands at
Science Hill High School in Johnson City, TN. His responsibilities include the coordination
of the Hilltopper Marching Band, Marching Drumline, Symphonic Band, and
Percussion Ensembles grades 9-12. Mr.
McGuire holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from East Tennessee State
University, and will be awarded a Master's Degree in Education in December
2013.
During his tenure, Mr. McGuire has
received numerous superior ratings for concert band. Additionally, the Science Hill Percussion
Ensemble has hosted a regional Day of Percussion, as well as the inaugural East
Tennessee Percussion Festival. The
Percussion Ensemble recently won The Percussive Arts Society's Percussion Ensemble
Competition and will perform at PASIC 2013. Mr. McGuire’s students have
garnered honors such as winning the Tennessee Statewide Solo Percussion
Competition, as well as participating in DCI Top-12 Drum Corps, Tennessee
Governor’s School for the Arts, regional honor bands and the Tennessee
All-State Band.
Mr.
McGuire has served as a clinician in the area of marching percussion in East
Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. He is sponsored by Innovative
Percussion, and his other professional affiliations include the Percussive Arts
Society, Tennessee Music Educators Association, East Tennessee School Band and
Orchestra Association, and the National Association for Music Education.
Mr.
McGuire currently resides in Johnson City, TN with his wonderfully supportive
wife Elisa and their daughter Madelyn.
Please feel free to contact Dan McGuire anytime at mcguired@jcschools.org.