Aundray Edwards received his Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Houston. Aundray has been a percussion specialist/technician for several music programs in the Houston and surrounding areas, including Cypress Creek High School (winning PAS call for tapes) as well as Cy-Fair High School. Currently, Aundray resides in Lake Jackson, Tx where he is the Assistant Director of Percussion at Brazoswood High School and all feeder programs including Brazoswood High School, Clute Intermediate, and Rasco Middle School in Brazosport ISD.
Aundray has served as one of the bass drum technicians for Monarch Independent since 2016. And this summer will be joining the percussion staff at Sacramento Mandarins as a bass drum technician. Aundray has also served on the percussion staff of the Colts Drum & Bugle Corps ('17-'19) as well as the Guardians Drum & Bugle Corps ('15-'16).
James Neblett is an active music educator, arranger, and clinician based in Pflugerville, Texas.
During his tenure in the marching arts, he has worked with several Scholastic, Open, Collegiate,
and World Class marching programs all around the state, and across the nation. Currently,
James is a Bass Drum Ensemble Specialist for Monarch Independent (2017-Present), and
Battery Ensemble Specialist for the state champion Vista Ridge Marching Band (2016-Present).
James has over a decade of performance and teaching experience in the marching arts, having
had the opportunity to march three summers with the Boston Crusaders (2008-2010), as well as
teach numerous ensembles, including The Boston Crusaders (2014-2016) and The Blue
Knights (2017-2018).
When James isn't dedicating time to music education, he works full time as an Information
Technology Systems Administrator for a local Healthcare company based out of the greater
Austin area.
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Aundray Edwards received his Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Houston. Aundray has been a percussion specialist/technician for several music programs in the Houston and surrounding areas, including Cypress Creek High School (winning PAS call for tapes) as well as Cy-Fair High School. Currently, Aundray resides in Lake Jackson, Tx where he is the Assistant Director of Percussion at Brazoswood High School and all feeder programs including Brazoswood High School, Clute Intermediate, and Rasco Middle School in Brazosport ISD.
Aundray has served as one of the bass drum technicians for Monarch Independent since 2016. And this summer will be joining the percussion staff at Sacramento Mandarins as a bass drum technician. Aundray has also served on the percussion staff of the Colts Drum & Bugle Corps ('17-'19) as well as the Guardians Drum & Bugle Corps ('15-'16).
James Neblett is an active music educator, arranger, and clinician based in Pflugerville, Texas.
During his tenure in the marching arts, he has worked with several Scholastic, Open, Collegiate,
and World Class marching programs all around the state, and across the nation. Currently,
James is a Bass Drum Ensemble Specialist for Monarch Independent (2017-Present), and
Battery Ensemble Specialist for the state champion Vista Ridge Marching Band (2016-Present).
James has over a decade of performance and teaching experience in the marching arts, having
had the opportunity to march three summers with the Boston Crusaders (2008-2010), as well as
teach numerous ensembles, including The Boston Crusaders (2014-2016) and The Blue
Knights (2017-2018).
When James isn't dedicating time to music education, he works full time as an Information
Technology Systems Administrator for a local Healthcare company based out of the greater
Austin area.
Emily Tannert Patterson is a percussion educator and clinician. She was previously the percussion director at the Rouse High School and Wiley Middle School, in Leander, TX, from 2015 till 2018, and was the percussion director at East View High School, Georgetown, TX from 2011 until 2015. Her ensembles have garnered numerous accolades, including winning the 2016 PAS International Percussion Ensemble Contest.
Patterson holds a Master's degree in Percussion Performance (2010) as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education (2008) and undergraduate Performance Certificate in Percussion from The University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Thomas Burritt and Tony Edwards.
Patterson is an educational endorser for Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, Remo drumheads, and Zildjian cymbals. She holds professional memberships in the Texas Music Educators Association and the Percussive Arts Society, and serves on the PAS Education Committee. In addition to remaining active in the percussion community, Patterson works as a Learning Designer at Cambridge University Press in Cambridge, England.
Different Strokes: A Percussion Podcast
Aundray Edwards received his Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Houston. Aundray has been a percussion specialist/technician for several music programs in the Houston and surrounding areas, including Cypress Creek High School (winning PAS call for tapes) as well as Cy-Fair High School. Currently, Aundray resides in Lake Jackson, Tx where he is the Assistant Director of Percussion at Brazoswood High School and all feeder programs including Brazoswood High School, Clute Intermediate, and Rasco Middle School in Brazosport ISD.
Aundray has served as one of the bass drum technicians for Monarch Independent since 2016. And this summer will be joining the percussion staff at Sacramento Mandarins as a bass drum technician. Aundray has also served on the percussion staff of the Colts Drum & Bugle Corps ('17-'19) as well as the Guardians Drum & Bugle Corps ('15-'16).
James Neblett is an active music educator, arranger, and clinician based in Pflugerville, Texas.
During his tenure in the marching arts, he has worked with several Scholastic, Open, Collegiate,
and World Class marching programs all around the state, and across the nation. Currently,
James is a Bass Drum Ensemble Specialist for Monarch Independent (2017-Present), and
Battery Ensemble Specialist for the state champion Vista Ridge Marching Band (2016-Present).
James has over a decade of performance and teaching experience in the marching arts, having
had the opportunity to march three summers with the Boston Crusaders (2008-2010), as well as
teach numerous ensembles, including The Boston Crusaders (2014-2016) and The Blue
Knights (2017-2018).
When James isn't dedicating time to music education, he works full time as an Information
Technology Systems Administrator for a local Healthcare company based out of the greater
Austin area.
