Staff
|
Michael Crookston
Band Director 
|
Mr. Crookston is a member of the Utah Music Educators Association as well as the UEA, Utah Bandmasters Association, NBA and has been working in the schools teaching music in various degrees since 2008. He is also a graduate of Davis High in the class of 2004. Mr. Crookston taught 2 years at Rocky Mountain Jr High in Weber School District and then 2 years at West Point Jr High prior to coming to Davis High. Under his direction the Rocky Mountain Jr and West Point Jr Bands received invitations to play at the State Junior High Concert Band Festival at the University of Utah and received superior scores at the district festivals.
Mr. Crookston has also worked as a percussion advisor to the marching band and winter drumlines for Davis High School. Under Mr. Crookston’s instruction, those ensembles received numerous awards and state titles. Mr. Crookston graduated with honors from Weber State University in Music Education with an instrumental emphasis. Mr. Crookston loves the Utah Jazz! He also enjoys snowboarding, wakeboarding, cross country skiing, being in the mountains, motorcycling or four-wheeling, and just generally being with his family. During the summers Mr. Crookston works as a commercial set-netter in Kenai Alaska harvesting sockeye salmon- a family business which has been in operation over 50 years. Mr. Crookston married his high school sweet heart Tarah whom he met in the Davis High Band. They have 4 children, Carter, Makenna, Dawson, and Tessa. |
|
Mitchel Barnard
Percussion Caption Head 
|
Mitchell Barnard is a musician and educator who currently resides in Ogden, Utah. Mr. Barnard is the Percussion Director at the Davis High School, and Battery Instructor for the Battalion Drum and Bugle Corps. Under his direction since the winter of 2010, Davis’ Indoor Drumline has won seven Intermountain Percussion Association Championships, and several high percussion awards in the UMEA marching band circuit including the state high percussion for 2017.
Over the years, Mr. Barnard has marched for many ensembles including the Utah Jazz Drumline, Junction City Hybrid Indoor Drumline, University of Utah Drumline, where he served as Section Leader, Weber State Indoor Percussion, the Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps, and the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps. During this time, he had the privilege of studying under such educators as David Reeves, Kevin Welborn, Matt Little, Chris Grant, Nick Molenda, Derek Fields, Danny Soulier, Ryan Sinner, Dr. Mike Sammons, Sam Bryson and many others. Over the years, Mitch has instructed numerous ensembles around northern Utah and was a Battery Instructor for the Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps. He has also served as guest clinician for several area percussion ensembles and was the Battery Percussion Clinician for the 2012 Utah Music Educator’s Association Summer Marching Band Clinic. Mr. Barnard is also an active arranger and composer. He has written percussion for groups all over Utah including the University of Utah, Weber State University, Weber State Indoor Percussion, Gold Spike Percussion, Utah Valley University and many others. Mr. Barnard is a professional arranger/composer and sound designer of indoor percussion, marching band, additionally Mr. Barnard composes contemporary percussion literature. Mitchell is the Percussion Designer for the Davis High School Marching Band and Indoor Percussion Ensemble. Some of Mr. Barnard's music can be found at mtn-land.com or listened to at soundcloud.com/mundrummitch. |
|
Walter Rosio
Visual Caption Head 
|
Walter has been involved with the marching arts since 2005 performing on trumpet and holding multiple leadership positions with community parade bands, the Davis High School Marching Band (2007-2009), and the Weber State University Wildcat Band (2010-2015). Walter has two seasons experience marching Drum Corps International’s Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps, Casper Wyoming, in 2012, and aging out in 2014. He has also performed three seasons with Weber State Indoor Percussion as a member of the cymbal line (2013-2015). Walter’s teaching experience includes serving as visual caption head for Weber State Indoor Percussion, as well as visual technician for the Davis High School Indoor Drumline (2013-present), and the Davis High School Marching Band (2015-present).
Walter is a graduate of Weber State University receiving his Dual Major in Political Science and Sociology, Fall 2015. He is currently working on attaining a Music Minor, pursing his long held passion for music performance. "As an alumnus of the storied and accomplished Davis High School music program, I feel truly honored to have the opportunity to share my accumulated knowledge and experience of visual marching technique with these students, giving back to the program which first inspired my passion for the competitive marching arts." |
|
Tyler Twogood
Winds Caption Head |
Tyler is an alumni of the Davis band program and has stayed active with the marching arts from his high school years to the present. He is currently working in Ogden as the band director at North Davis Junior High School.
|
Robert Twogood
|
Robert Twogood is also an alumni of the Davis band program and has experience marching with the world class DCI Corps the Santa Clara Vanguard. Robert is currently attending Weber State University pursuing a degree in music education.
|
