About the author

James D. Doyle is a music educator who hails from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He holds a BM in Music Performance from the University of Central Oklahoma and an MA in Music Education from Adams State University. In his years teaching music James has had the pleasure of working with a wide variety of age levels and ensembles in public schools across Oklahoma and Washington. He has worked as an orchestra, band, and percussion instructor as well as a private lessons teacher. As a composer and arranger, James has written works for percussion ensemble and orchestra and has written battery and front ensemble percussion arrangements for a variety of marching bands throughout the U.S. From 2011-2014, James was the Executive Director of Resistance Indoor Percussion where he led the group to both a regional title and the status of WGI World Championship Finalist.

James is an Innovative Percussion artist and proudly endorses their sticks and mallets.