Mr. Bryan Hummel-Director of Band and Orchestra

Desert Mountain High School Instrumental Music-Teaches IB Music, Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Marching Band, Symphonic Orchestra, Borch Council and Percussion Ensemble.

Bryan Hummel is a Phoenix-based percussionist, music educator, and designer of marching arts activities. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Percussion Performance from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He obtained his Master’s degree in Percussion Performance from Arizona State University.

He was the previous Front Ensemble Director at Arizona State University. He is currently the Front Ensemble Music Design/Program Coordinator for Breakthrough Indoor Percussion.

Bryan remains active in arranging and composing percussion scores for Marching Band, writing for indoor percussion ensembles, arranging Front Ensemble music for the Sun Devil Marching Band, and composing/designing wind books for Marching Band productions.

He has worked with many local Marching Band programs. Currently, he designs for Higley High School (Gilbert, AZ), Desert Mountain High School (Scottsdale, AZ), Southeast Polk High School (Pleasant Hill, IA), Adair High School (Columbia, KY), Mountain Ridge High School (Glendale, AZ), and Breakthrough Indoor Percussion. He regularly judges for the ABODA, AZMBA, and WGAZ circuits in Arizona and has also adjudicated in Iowa and Wyoming.

As a performer, Bryan tours nationwide, collaborating with colleagues to create chamber music at universities, community centers, and school districts. He has performed at universities and other venues in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Washington, D.C.