Scott Taylor began his music education at the age of five. He would crawl under the old military barracks that the Three Rivers ISD had bought and converted into a "band hall". As his father was teaching, he would collect pennies, nickels, pencils, and other items that had fallen through the cracks in the floor. Those lessons in efficiency and opportunity have stayed with him all his life. His public school education was shared by the Three Rivers and Alice schools. He attended college at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi. During his two years at Del Mar, he studied trumpet with Bill Hipp and played trumpet in the band directed by Marion Busby. Scott completed his undergraduate degree at The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Frank Elsas, Vince DiNino, and Bill Moody. He later returned to The University of Texas at Austin where he completed his Master of Music degree under the tutelage of Tom Lee. Scott began his teaching career in the fall of 1970 at Lake Highlands Junior High as the assistant to Carroll Cantrell. In 1971 he was the head director at Forest Meadow Junior High and in 1972 he was named Director of Bands at Westwood Junior High. In 1977 the Westwood Symphonic Band was named CCC Honor Band. They performed at the Houston convention in 1978. In the spring of 1978, Scott succeeded Howard Dunn as Director of Bands at Richardson High School. This fall will mark the beginning of his thirty second year in that position. In 1981, the Symphonic Winds and the Jazz Ensemble performed at the prestigious Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. In 1982 the Symphonic Winds were named the AAAAA Honor Band. They performed for the 1983 TMEA convention in San Antonio. During his 39-year teaching career, Mr. Taylor's ensembles have amassed an impressive record of first divisions in Marching and Concert competitions. They have been awarded many Best in Class honors in both fields, including Westlake and Plano East Marching Festivals, Buccaneer Days, Six Flags over Texas, Nashville, National Adjudicators Invitational, Director's Choice and Music Fest Orlando on seven different occasions. In 1983 the Richardson High School Band was named a charter recipient of the Sudler Flag of Honor. The Sousa Foundation has also named the Golden Eagle Band to The Historic Roll of Honor of High School Concert Bands for the period between 1960 and 1996. Taylor received the Ross Perot award for Teaching Excellence in the Richardson ISD. He is serving his third term on the Board of the National Band Association and has just begun his second two year term on The Board of Directors of the American Bandmasters Association. In 1994, Mr. Taylor was named as one of ten directors to the Bandworld Legion of Honor by the Sousa Foundation. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Wind Symphony as well as being a member of the Richardson ISD budget team. Scott has served on several UIL and TMEA committees and in several TMEA positions and in 1988 was elected Vice President and Band Division Chairman, President - Elect in 1990 and President in 1992. He was awarded the Lifetime Meritorious Achievement Award by the Texas Bandmasters Association in 2003. In 2005, the University Interscholastic League recognized Mr. Taylor with the Sponsor of Excellence Award. In March of 2009, Mr. Taylor was selected as the Vice-President of the American Bandmasters Association. He will preside as President of that prestigious organization in 2011-2012. Mr. Taylor is only the third high school director to hold this position, one of the others being his father, Bryce Taylor. Scott, his wife Betsy, and his daughter Sarah and her husband Chris, reside in Dallas.

David Anderson is an Associate Band Director at Richardson High School.  Mr. Anderson directs the Richardson HS Jazz Band and teaches AP Music Theory, and also assists with the Golden Eagle Marching Band and at Richardson West Junior High and Westwood Junior High.

Originally from Wisconsin, Mr. Anderson began his instrumental studies on the trumpet in Kenosha, WI.  He graduated from Tremper High School and decided to study music.  He studied trumpet under Randall Reyman and received his Bachelor of Music degree from Millikin University in Trumpet Performance.  Mr. Anderson continued his education by studying trumpet under Dr. Leonard Candelaria, earning his Masters degree from the University of North Texas. While at the University of North Texas he performed with such notable groups as the University of North Texas Wind Symphony, Two O’Clock Lab Band and the world famous One O’Clock Lab Band, three years of which he played lead trumpet.  While pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts at UNT, he was a teaching fellow for the Jazz Studies Program.  He was the director of the 8, 7, 5 and 4 O’Clock Lab Bands.  Mr. Anderson also spent a year studying on his Artist Diploma at Rutgers University with Mr. Peter Bond, trumpet player in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. 

Mr. Anderson has had an extensive performance career on the trumpet.  He has had the privilege to perform with such artists as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Christian Lindberg and Slide Hampton.  He has also played in several of the local symphony orchestras in the DFW metroplex.  Mr. Anderson currently performs fifty dates a year in an eleven piece entertainment group called Think Big.

Not only is Mr. Anderson an avid performer he is also an experienced educator.  Since the early 1990's Mr. Anderson has had a successful private studio, teaching well over 200 students.  Many of his students were Texas All-State students and some have gone on to earn their music degrees from colleges around the county.  Drum Corps International has also been a big part of Mr. Anderson’s life growing up in the Midwest.  He was a six year member of the World Champion Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corp and has been on Brass Staff for both Phantom Regiment and The Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps as well.

Mr. Anderson's professional affiliations include Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, International Association of Jazz Educators, International Trumpet Guild, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.  He lives in The Colony with his wife Elizabeth, an elementary music teacher in Lewisville ISD, and his two wonderful children, Gabriel and Emma. 

Steven Breedlove - Percussion Assistant

Stephanie Potts - Colorguard/Winterguard Instructor

Gary Doby - RWJH Director

Estelle Spradling - RWJH Director

Robin Moffitt - WWJH Director

Jim Peacock - WWJH