About
A composer and educator first.
Nick McConnaughey is a composer, arranger, and educator based in DFW, Texas. His work for the marching arts and percussion ensemble spans multiple continents, with a focus on writing music that is both expressive and genuinely playable by the people performing it.
Alongside composing and arranging, he teaches private lessons and works with the percussion ensemble at Southlake Carroll High School, and travels to work with the ensembles programming his music.
During the summer, Nick teaches the front ensemble at the Boston Crusaders, along with some of his best friends.
He is also an active marching band adjudicator on the USBands circuit and at the Florida Marching Band Championships (FMBC), judging programs across the Continental US.
Clients
Programs I’ve written for.
- Westlake High School Austin, TX
- Southlake Carroll High School TX
- Keller High School TX
- Carter Riverside High School TX
- Northwest High School TX
- Parkland High School TX
- Fossil Ridge High School TX
- MacArthur High School TX
- Legacy Ranch High School TX
- Norman North High School OK
- Sandra Day O’Connor High School AZ
- North Fort Myers High School FL
- Lakewood Ranch High School FL
- Mariner High School FL
- Estero High School FL
- East River High School FL
- Boca Ciega High School FL
- Seminole High School FL
- Naples High School FL
- Horizon High School FL
- Germantown High School MS
- Collierville High School TN
- Newton-Conover High School NC
- Destrehan High School LA
- Spirit of 52 Germany
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