Staff
Director of Bands
Mr. Mike Reynolds earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Composition from Brigham Young University (’05) and is nearing completion of his Master of Education Degree from Utah State University. While at BYU, his original compositions and arrangements were featured on KBYU-FM and won recognition in the Meyhew Competition for Music Composition. Mike Reynolds also participated in the BYU Marching Band and other ensembles. He was Producer and Composer for Una Vida Mejor, which premiered at the 2008 Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California, winning the Special Jury Award for Narrative Feature. That same film was later screened at the Flanders International Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium, a festival paying particular attention to music’s impact on film. For the last three years, Mr. Reynolds has been the Director of Music (Choir and Band) for Wayne High School and Wayne Middle School, located in picturesque Capitol Reef country. Mr. Reynolds is excited to be the new Director of Bands at Roy High School. He plans to continue the great music tradition already found at Roy High School and is looking forward to a successful future with the Pride of Roy Marching Band.
Jeff served as the Drum Major of the BHS Laker Marching Band in the 2001 season as a Senior in HS as well as the Jazz Band President for the 01-02 school year. Jeff graduated from HS and immediately joined the Roy High Marching staff in the 2002 season as an advisor to the woodwinds and an assistant to the Drum Majors. Jeff advised for RHS in the 02, 03, 05, 06, 07 and summer of 08 seasons. Jeff marched with the WSU marching band in the 02-06 seasons, serving as Drum Major of the WSU Marching Band for the 05 and 06 seasons, and spent 3 years as a Music Education Major. Jeff attended UNLV’s Star of Nevada Leadership Training camp the summers of 01, 02 and 03 and received his Drum Major Elite from that camp. Jeff returns to us this year revived and ready to work hard for the great students and parents of the Pride of Roy Marching band!
This is Corissa’s fifth year doing color guard. She began at Davis High School and currently spins for Weber State University Marching Band. She has also spun with Layton Performance Ensemble and Weber State University’s Fusion Winter Guard. Corissa served as Assistant Director of Guards in 09 and will be stepping up as Diretor of Guards this year. She also coaches Roy’s junior guard, Roy Gold. This past year she received the UWGA Distinguished Service Scholarship Award. Corissa is pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice at Weber State and plans to graduate in 2012.
Mike Kinney
Percussion Advisor
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Mike is beginning his fourth season a as percussion instructor of the "Pride of Roy Marching Band". He has been instructing drumlines and percussion ensembles for 11 years. He is a graduate of Weber High school where he served as section leader of the drumline for 2 years. He then instructed at Weber for 4 years under the direction of Mr. Joe Windsor. He has also assisted at Fremont and Bonneville. He performed with the Weber State Wildcat Marching band for 2 seasons. In 1999 and 2000, he was head of the percussion program at the Northwest Marching Academy in Meridian, ID. He was named drumline instructor at Weber State University 2004-2006. He has worked at Roy High for the past 3 seasons helping develop not just a strong summer and fall drumline, but a competitive winterline and concert percussion program. Mike is currently playing with two show bands and continues his love of the "performance". He is looking forward to working to another great season with the Roy High Drumline.
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Roy High School Band
