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Phillip Cadenhead - Director of Bands
Phillip Cadenhead is joining Burleson High school as the new Director of Bands and Fine Arts Area Coordinator. He is coming from Juan Seguin High School where he has served as Director of Bands since July 2017. Prior to his appointment at Seguin, he was Director of Bands at Western Hills High School in Fort Worth. He has previously served as band director at Red Oak High School, Barnett Junior High, and Mesquite High School.
Originally from Crestview, Florida, Mr. Cadenhead earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Louisiana State University, where he studied under the baton of Frank Wickes and Dr. Linda Moorhouse, and studied with Larry Campbell and Dr. Joseph Skillen. He then earned a Master of Music Education from the University of North Texas and a Master of Educational Administration from Lamar University.
Before joining Region 30, Mr. Cadenhead served as Vice President and then President of TMEA Region 20. He is an active clinician and UIL adjudicator in the North Texas area. His professional affiliations include the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Bands under Mr. Cadenhead’s direction have consistently earned UIL Sweepstakes awards. His marching bands have been frequent finalists at invitational marching contests, and his concert bands have received “Best in Class” honors at the South Coast Music Festival, Winter Park Ski Music Festival, and the Pride of New Orleans Music Festival. His jazz bands have also achieved top honors, including being named Grand Champion at the Winter Park Ski Music Festival.
Outside of his professional responsibilities, Mr. Cadenhead is an avid CrossFit enthusiast who enjoys coaching and competing in local, regional, and national competitions. He enjoys traveling with his wife, Lindsay, and their two sons, Alex and Ashton. Mrs. Cadenhead, was a band director for 10 years, before working in Curriculum and Instruction. She now works in the Office of Extended Education at TCU while also serving as a local real estate agent. Their older son, Alex, is a music education major and trumpet section leader at TCU, and currently marches lead trumpet with the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum Corps. Ashton, their younger son, is entering his senior year as Drum Major for the Mansfield High School Tiger Band. Rounding out the family is their goldendoodle, Ben, who does not currently play any instruments.
Tyler Gerton - Associate Director of Bands
Tyler Gerton is currently in his 6th year at Burleson High School and is the Associate Director of Bands as well as the Fine Arts Learning Lead for BHS. His duties include directing Symphonic Winds as well as assisting with the Spirit of the Elks Marching Band, BHS Wind Ensemble, Hughes and STEAM/GDDS Middle School Band classes, and Contest and Event Coordination.
Mr. Gerton grew up in McKinney and graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and Lamar University with a Master's Degree in Educational Administration. The summer after graduating High School he toured across England and France with the Dr. Brian West Percussion Ensemble and went on to spend the following four summers performing with Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps (2013 – 2016), aging out as a 3-time section leader and 2-time Percussion Captain. Mr. Gerton also performed with Vigilantes Indoor Percussion in 2016 when the ensemble was named the Winter Guard International Open Class Champion at the WGI World Championships. While at North Texas he performed with many different ensembles and held the title of Principal Percussionist of an orchestra for a year.
As an educator, Mr. Gerton was on staff with the Azle Marching Green Pride for 2 seasons then went on to student teach at Keller Central High School and Hillwood Middle School in Keller ISD. After aging out he immediately began teaching drum corps and has been on staff at Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps (2017) and Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps (2018, 2019, 2020). Mr. Gerton served as a Percussion Director in northeast Texas for two years before moving to Burleson. While in BISD, bands under his direction have received consistent UIL Sweepstakes, including receiving Burleson High School Concert Winds' first and second Sweepstakes in program history. During his tenure, the Burleson High School Band has had ensembles perform at the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Clinic/Convention in San Antonio as well as the Music for All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis and the Western International Band Clinic in Seattle.
Mr. Gerton is an active clinician in DFW in his free time and currently resides in Burleson with his husband Travis and their two dogs Sasha and Sirius Lee.
Jack Baker - Percussion Director
Mr. Baker is currently the Director of Percussion at Burleson High School. Previously, he taught at Azle High School where he served as the Percussion Director for 5 years. During his tenure at Azle, the ensemble was a consistent medalist in WGI and NTCA circuit at the World Class level. He also was able to consistently have over 75% of the percussion studio advance to the UIL State Solo and Ensemble where 3 of his students received the outstanding performer award in a 2 year span, an award that is only given to the top 1% of soloist in the state of Texas.
Before working at Azle, Mr. Baker served as an assistant band director at Duiett Middle School where the ensemble placed 7th in the 2C Honor Band. Mr. Baker has instructed numerous groups across the state of Texas such as Austin Bowie High School in Austin, Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio, and Claudia Taylor Johnson High School in San Antonio where he served as a student teacher.
Mr. Baker holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Texas State University and was in ensembles such as the PASIC Drumline, Percussion Ensemble, Symphonic Winds, Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, and the Bobcat Band Drumline. While at Texas State Mr. Baker marched three years in the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps Drumline and was section leader his last year there. Mr. Baker is an active member of TMEA, TBA, and is endorsed by Innovative Percussion and Evans Drumheads.
Katie Navarro - Color Guard Director
Katharine.Navarro@bisdmail.net
Katharine Navarro is serving in her 2nd year as the Colorguard Director for both Burleson High School (Burleson ISD) and Newman Smith High School (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD).
Most recently, Ms. Navarro served as the colorguard director at Rockwall Heath High School from 2021-2023. In 2021, the colorguard earned "Best Guard" in the 6A division of the Royse City Marching Invitational. In 2023, the varsity winter guard earned 3rd place in the Scholastic AA division of the North Texas Colorguard Association (NTCA) Championship. During those two academic years, her recruitment efforts led the guard's membership to grow from 8 to 28.
Prior to her position at Rockwall Heath, Ms. Navarro served as the colorguard director of McMillen High School (2020-2022). Under her watch, the McMillen colorguard won the "Outstanding Guard" award at UIL (2021), and the winter guard won 1st place in the Regional AA division of the NTCA Championship (2022). Ms. Navarro was also the colorguard director at North Forney High School (2015-2020). In 2019, the North Forney marching band went to the State Open Class Marching Band Contest for the first time in the school's history.
As a competitive performer, Ms. Navarro has experience in both Drum Corps International (DCI) and Winter Guard International (WGI). Her DCI history includes one summer performing with the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps (2012) and three summers with the Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps (2013-2015), all of which earned World Class finalist placements. Her WGI experience began with the Independent Open Class group, White Gold (2011-2013), followed by a promotion to the Independent World Class group, Black Gold (2013-2014). Following her time at Black Gold, Ms. Navarro was a cast member in the then-new Independent World Class group, Colorguard Theatre Dallas (CGT-Dallas), wherein she performed from the group’s inaugural year (2014) through 2017, during which CGT-Dallas placed 5th in the WGI World Championship. Afterward, she was hired onto CGT-Denton’s staff as a flag technician (2017-2020), and later became a flag technician for CGT-Dallas (2020), as well.
Her primary mentor is Danny Martinez (2011-present).
Rebekah Rosenboom - Hughes MS Director of Bands
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Rebekah Rosenboom is the current Head Band Director at Hughes Middle School. Her duties include leading the Symphonic Band, assisting with the Honor Band, and teaching the beginner brass classes: trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba.
Mrs. Rosenboom received her Bachelor of Music Education from Texas Tech University. During her time at Tech, she was a member of the award winning Texas Tech Trombone Choir, Symphonic Band, Court Jesters basketball band, and Goin’ Band from Raiderland.
Mrs. Rosenboom started her career in Lorena ISD before moving to Houston. In Houston, she taught for 9 years in Klein ISD and then decided to make the change to move back to the DFW to be closer to family. Most recently she was the Band Director at Loflin Middle School in Joshua ISD where her students were able to experience success despite the challenges of the last few years.
In her free time, Mrs. Rosenboom enjoys working out with Camp Gladiator, hiking, building legos, playing her bass trombone, and being a huge Star Wars and Harry Potter nerd.
Jacqueline Lum - Hughes MS Assistant Band Director
Jacqueline Lum is excited to start her 3rd year teaching at Hughes Middle School in Burleson ISD. Ms. Lum is the Assistant Band Director at Hughes Middle School, where her duties include teaching all beginner woodwind classes, directing the Symphonic Band, and assisting with the Honors Band.
Ms. Lum comes to us from A.D Wheat Middle School in Cleburne ISD where she taught a variety of beginner classes and multiple performing ensembles. Ms. Lum began her career as a long-term substitute for Acton Middle School in Granbury ISD and then Hughes Middle School in Burleson ISD where she assisted with their UIL, prepared her own group to perform at the North Texas Festival of Distinction, and taught beginner classes.
Ms. Lum graduated Cum Laude from The University of Texas at Arlington where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music. While at UTA, she spent her summers being on instructional staff at Legacy High School, Castleberry High School, Ranchview High School, and Burleson High School.
In 2018, Ms. Lum marched Mellophone with the Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps. Ms. Lum’s professional affiliations include Texas Music Educators Association and Tau Beta Sigma.
She resides in Burleson, Texas with her partner and puppy, Poppy. In her spare time Ms. Lum likes to do anything crafty, go on walks and hangout with friends and family.
Joseph McPherson - STEAM MS Head Band Director
Joseph McPherson is proud to be entering his 6th year serving as a STEAM/GDDS Band Director. Prior to teaching in Burleson, Mr. Mac was the assistant director in Mason ISD in central Texas.
Mr. Mac grew up in Glen Rose, Texas and graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor's Degree in music education. During his time at Texas Tech, Mac was the principal trombonist for the Texas Tech Symphony Orchestra as well as the Symphonic Wind Ensemble. He was lead trombone for the top jazz big band with whom he was awarded an outstanding soloist award at the Crescent City Jazz festival in New Orleans. He also participated in the Court Jesters basketball/volleyball band and was a section leader for the award winning Goin’ Band from Raiderland. While in Lubbock, Mr. Mac was on staff at Youth Orchestras of Lubbock and was honored to be chosen for the inaugural staff of the Lubbock Youth Wind Ensemble. He was also on staff at Texas Tech Band and Orchestra Camp for several years.
During his time in Mason, Mr. Mac taught 5th-12th grade band. He started two jazz ensembles, various community outreach programs, and a thriving student leadership program. While there, Mason bands increased almost 25% in size and ratings improved across the board.
In the summer of 2019, Joseph moved North to marry the love of his life. He currently resides in Fort Worth and spends his free time playing and watching basketball, playing xbox, and hiking with his wife Sarah and dog Luke.
Hunter Corder - STEAM MS Assistant Band Director
Hunter Corder is excited about beginning his 2nd year as an Assistant Band Director for the STEAM/GDDS band program. His duties include directing the Symphonic Band and teaching beginning flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone, and tuba classes.
Mr. Corder grew up in Azle, Texas, where he was a member of the inaugural Azle Indoor Winds program. After graduating high school, he received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of North Texas, receiving the Summa Cum Laude honors. Throughout his time at UNT, he was a performing member of the Wind Ensemble, the North Texas Green Brigade Marching Band, and UNT’s Flute Choir. Additionally, Mr. Corder was a marching technician for the Azle Marching Band and Azle Indoor Winds during college. During his last semester before receiving his degree, Mr. Corder completed his student teaching at Aledo ISD under the guidance of Joey Paul, Joey Qualls, Jake Albin, Alan Olmos, Dexx Moore, Mike Robinson, and Mark Eastin.
Mr. Corder currently resides in Azle, Texas. When not at school, he spends his free time reading, listening to music, binging shows on Netflix, and spending time with family and friends.