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NAME:
Mr. Jody Bryant, Associate Director of Bands/Director of Percussion Studies, Cullman High School
SCHOOL:
CHS, CMS, EAST, WEST
CLASS:
CHS Marching Band (Percussion), CHS Concert Band(Director), CMS, EAST & WEST(Percussion)
SCHOOL PHONE:
(256)739-3423, Ext. 4
Mr. Bryant is in his fifth year of teaching band. He became the Associate
Director of Bands/Director of Percussion Studies at Cullman High School in
June of 2006. Mr. Bryant is a CHS Alumni (Class of 1997) and was active in
all facets of the band program for over a decade as a student and an
instructor. Before coming back to Cullman, Mr. Bryant was the head band
director at Cordova High School in Cordova, AL. His most recent teaching
position was Associate Director of Bands/Director of Percussion Studies at
Spain Park High School in Hoover, AL, where he was conductor of the concert
band and the director of percussion for the entire program (6-12). Mr. Bryant
holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Masters of Arts in Education from
the University of North Alabama. He was nominated for Who's Who Among
American High School Teachers. His professional affiliations include MENC,
ABA, PAS, and AEA.
Mr. Bryant is married to Michele Maddux Bryant (CHS Alumni, Class of 1999)
who is currently in her fourth year of pharmacy school at Samford University.
He enjoys hunting, fishing, and spending time with family.
1. To provide students with a pleasant, positive experience that increases
and adds to their appreciation and enjoyment of music.
2. To increase the student's enthusiasm for the school experience, thus
improving attendance and motivating students toward increased academic
achievement.
3. To develop in students an enhanced aesthetic sensitivity for music as an
art form by disciplined study and application of its various elements, both
separately and as they are combined into a coherent musical whole.
4. To prepare students for careers in music.
5. To provide students with a healthy hobby or avocation, that can be useful
throughout life.
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