Made with Xara Mr. Keith James is the Director of Bands for Marvin Ridge High School in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Mr. James earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of South Carolina in 1983 and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Conducting from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. He is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Adolescent and Young Adult Music. Mr. James began his teaching career in 1983 as an assistant band director at Walterboro HS and band director at Colleton Middle School. He was the band director at Smithfield-Selma HS in Smithfield, NC from 1986-1992; South Granville High School in Creedmoor, NC from 1992-1996; Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, NC from 1996-1998; and the band director at Independence High School in Charlotte, NC, from 1998-2007. Mr. James is currently is in his twenty-fourth year of teaching.Mr. James has served as a clinician for area honor bands, several southeastern regional honor bands, as well as a marching band clinician and adjudicator for both concert and marching bands. He works with several band programs throughout the southeast and is in high demand as a winterguard judge and band clinician. Mr. James is a member of the Carolinas Wind Symphony, an adult community band, and is a freelance tubist in the Charlotte area.Mr. James is an active member of the South Central District Bandmasters Association and currently serves as the Vice Chairman, Judging and District Band Clinicians chairperson. He also serves as the 9/10 State Honors Band Auditions Chairman and serves on the State Jazz Committee. Mr. James was the Jaycee’s Teacher of the Year in 1989, and was inducted into the American School Band Directors Association in 1995. Mr. James holds professional memberships in the North Carolina Music Educators Association, SCDBA, National Music Educators Association, North Carolina Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, Florida Federation Judges Association, and ASBDA.High School Director Mr. Keith James
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Mr. Keith James is the Director of Bands for Marvin Ridge High School in Waxhaw, North
Carolina.
Mr. James earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of South
Carolina in 1983 and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Conducting from Winthrop
University in Rock Hill, SC. He is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Adolescent and
Young Adult Music. Mr. James began his teaching career in 1983 as an assistant band director
at Walterboro HS and band director at Colleton Middle School. He was the band director at
Smithfield-Selma HS in Smithfield, NC from 1986-1992; South Granville High School in
Creedmoor, NC from 1992-1996; Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, NC from 1996-
1998; and the band director at Independence High School in Charlotte, NC, from 1998-2007.
Mr. James is currently is in his twenty-fourth year of teaching.
Mr. James has served as a clinician for area honor bands, several southeastern regional honor
bands, as well as a marching band clinician and adjudicator for both concert and marching
bands. He works with several band programs throughout the southeast and is in high demand
as a winterguard judge and band clinician. Mr. James is a member of the Carolinas Wind
Symphony, an adult community band, and is a freelance tubist in the Charlotte area.
Mr. James is an active member of the South Central District Bandmasters Association and
currently serves as the Vice Chairman, Judging and District Band Clinicians chairperson. He
also serves as the 9/10 State Honors Band Auditions Chairman and serves on the State Jazz
Committee. Mr. James was the Jaycee’s Teacher of the Year in 1989, and was inducted into the
American School Band Directors Association in 1995.
Mr. James holds professional memberships in the North Carolina Music Educators Association,
SCDBA, National Music Educators Association, North Carolina Bandmasters Association,
National Band Association, Florida Federation Judges Association, and ASBDA.
High School Director
Mr. Keith James
