|
Dr. Taylor Cash is the Director of Bands at Albertville High School in Albertville, Alabama. At Albertville, Taylor conducts the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band I, Percussion Ensemble, Concert Band A, and directs the award winning Albertville "Aggie" Marching Band. The Aggie Band has marched in the 2018 and 2011 Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA, The Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade on four occasions, the Disney World Parade, the 2014 Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Magnificent Mile Parade in Chicago, IL. In addition to their performance in the Rose Parade, The Albertville Percussion Ensemble was invited to be the featured performance for the 2011 Tournament of Roses Presidential Gala. Under Taylor’s direction the High School Percussion Ensemble has grown from 8 members to 35 and was chosen to perform at the 2014 AMEA In-Service Conference. As Conductor of the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band A, his bands have received consistent ratings of Superior at the State Music Performance Assessment. In addition, the Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the 2022 AMEA In-Service Conference. In 2014, Taylor was awarded the National Band Association Citation of Excellence and in 2016 awarded the Edward H. Cleino Outstanding Young Music Educator Award for the State of Alabama. Taylor has also served on the Executive Board for the Alabama Bandmasters Association as Chairman of District II. He has also been a clinician at the Alabama Music Educator's Conference.
Taylor received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Wind Conducting from the University of Alabama. He is also a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Jacksonville State University and Boston University with a BA in Music Education and a MM in Music Education respectively. Taylor has had experience conducting Wind Bands, Opera Theaters, and Percussion Ensembles and has been privileged to study conducting with Dr. Ken Ozzello and Dr. Ken Bodiford. While at JSU, Taylor served as Tenorline section leader, Drumline Captain of the Marching Southerners Percussion Section, Tenorline section leader for SPIRIT Drum and Bugle Corps, as well as serving as principal percussionist in Chambers Winds and Wind Ensemble. Taylor also served as principal percussionist with the Birmingham, AL based community band, Alabama Winds, performing at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL in 2017. Taylor is an active percussion arranger, consultant, instructor, and judge throughout the Southeast. He has worked with numerous High Schools and Universities including: The University of Alabama, Auburn University, Miami University (OH), and Jacksonville State University. Taylor is a member of NEA, AEA, ABA, NBA, NAfME, ODK, KDE, and the Percussive Arts Society. Taylor is an Educator Artist for Innovative Percussion, REMO Drumheads, and Zildjian Cymbals. He lives in Albertville with his wife, Ansley, their son, Fischer, and dog, Lucy. |
|
Corey Hyman is the Associate Director of Bands at Albertville High School. At Albertville he conducts the Symphonic Band and assists with the award winning Albertville "Aggie" Band. Mr. Hyman began his teaching career in 2014. He is a graduate of Jacksonville State University and Arab High School. Mr. Hyman has previously taught at Crossville High School for one year and Guntersville High School for 5 years.
While at Guntersville, Mr. Hyman’s bands earned numerous superior ratings and best in class awards and participated in the 100th Annual Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2019. In 2018, Mr. Hyman was named the Guntersville High School Teacher of the Year for the 2018-19 school year. During his time at Jacksonville State University, Mr. Hyman was a member of Chamber Winds, Wind Ensemble, the Hard Corps Pep Band, and served as section leader and drum major for the Marching Southerners. Mr. Hyman is a member of NAfME, AEA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity. Mr. Hyman currently lives in Guntersville with his wife Scarlett and their son Jacob. |
|
Missy Lindley has served as a Band Director in the Alabama Public School System for 24 years. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of North Alabama. Mrs. Lindley is in her eleventh year as Director of Bands at Albertville Middle School and Associate Director at Albertville High School. She also serves as the advisor for the Albertville High School Southern Stars Danceline. Throughout her twenty-four years of teaching, Mrs. Lindley’s bands have received consistent superior ratings in marching, concert and jazz competitions at both the state and national levels. Most recently Mrs. Lindley’s band received the rating of Superior at the Alabama Bandmasters Association State Music Performance Assessment.
Mrs. Lindley plays professionally throughout the state and keeps an extensive studio of private flute students who consistently earn honor band invitations and All-State Band positions. Mrs. Lindley has been the Principle Flutist of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra and the Gadsden Symphony Orchestra. In 2012 Missy founded the flute ensemble “Las Flautas Primeros” comprised of Albertville High School and Middle School students. Mrs. Lindley is an active adjudicator and clinician for marching contests and honor bands throughout the Southeast. She is a past Chairman for District II of the Alabama Bandmasters Association. Mrs. Lindley is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota and Tau Beta Sigma Honorary music sororities. She is an alumna of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. She is also a member of MENC and the Alabama Bandmasters Association. Missy is married to Chris Lindley who is the Director of Bands at Albertville High School. Missy and Chris enjoy being a husband and wife team at work and at home as parents to eighteen year old twins Haley and Katelyn. |
|
Mr. Nathan Haskew is currently in his second year as associate band director at Albertville Middle School and High School. Prior to his current position Mr. Haskew served as the band director at Riverton Middle School in Huntsville, AL for two years, the band director at Southside High School / Rainbow Middle School in Gadsden, AL for six years, and Muscle Shoals Middle School and High School in Muscle Shoals, AL for six years. Mr. Haskew graduated from Ashville High School, Ashville, AL in 2001. He graduated from Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL in 2005 with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Music Education and completed his Masters Degree from The American Band College of Sam Houston State University in the summer of 2011. His professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Educators, Alabama Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Bands under the direction of Mr. Haskew have consistently earned superior ratings and numerous awards for their performances. Mr. Haskew continues to serve the Southeast region as an adjudicator, consultant, and clinician.
Mr. Haskew is married to Toni Morris Haskew of Hokes Bluff, AL. The couple have one son, Canon David, who is seven years old and one daughter, Bayla Rae, who is four years old. The family resides in Albertville, AL. |