Scott Brown is currently the Assistant Band Director at Dickerson M.S and Percussion Director at Walton H.S., both in Marietta, GA. Scott is Co-Director of the North Georgia Percussion Camp and Atlanta Percussion Symposium and served as Percussion Coordinator for the Music for All Summer Music Symposium Middle School Camp, and as a member of the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Committee. Prior to his appointment at Walton, Scott spent 14 years with the 1998 & 2002 Bands of America Grand National Champion Lassiter High School Band. In addition to the national championships, he has been fortunate to be a part of 11 BOA Regional Championships, “High Percussion” for Drum Corps Europe and Drum Corps Netherlands, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2x), the Tournament of Roses Parade (2x), and the Waikiki Holiday Parade. Mr. Brown’s concert percussion ensembles have performed for the GMEA Conference (5x), PASIC (2x), the MFA National Festival (3x), and The Midwest Clinic (2x).
Mr. Brown is co-author of “Field Level – The Ultimate Band Director’s Guide to fielding the Ultimate Marching Percussion Section” and composer of “Kumi-daiko”, both published by Row-Loff Productions. His articles on percussion pedagogy have been published in Percussive Notes, Halftime, and School Band & Orchestra magazines. He has been featured in interviews for TV and Radio in The Netherlands, Colombia, and Malaysia, and has presented clinics for The Midwest Clinic, PASIC, MEA conventions in Georgia, Texas, and Ontario, and served as a clinician and/or adjudicator in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Thailand, Brazil, Colombia, and Malaysia, most recently the Thailand World Music Championship, Imagination Marching Concepts Concurso de Solistas (Brazil), and Festival Internacional de Percusion (Colombia).
He has also presented clinics for the University of Georgia, Kennesaw State University, University of Tennessee, Point University, Middle Tennessee State University, and Western Carolina University, University of North Alabama, University of West Georgia, Texas State University, University of Missouri, and James Madison University.
Mr. Brown received a citation for “Significant Contributions to Bands in the State of Georgia” from the Georgia Music Educators Association, the “Citation of Excellence” from the National Band Association (3x), the “Citation of Excellence” from the Percussive Arts Society (3x), and is included in the 2006 National Honor Roll listing of “Outstanding American Teachers”. Mr. Brown is a graduate of Western Carolina University, alumnus of Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps, and an educational artist for Innovative Percussion, Mapex Drums, Majestic Percussion, Sabian Cymbals, and Row-Loff Productions.