McNeil High School Band

Ian Smith received his Bachelors of Music degree from LSU where he was principal chair of the Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and Drumline Captian/staff arranger for the marching band. He also performed in the New Music Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Ethnic Percussion Ensemble, and played trumpet in the Basketball Band.

He has been at McNeil High School since the fall of 2001 when he was hired to be a percussion instructor/private lesson teacher. In the middle of his second year an opportunity arose which allowed him to become the assistant director. In his time at McNeil, the percussion section has won many awards at concert and marching contests.

Mr. Smith stays busy in the summer by teaching across the southeast for Percussion One / Yamaha, and writing percussion parts for schools in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. Along with that he has also judged across the state for solo and ensemble competitions and indroor drumline contests. He has been writing the McNeil percussion music for the marching band shows for the past 7 years and has written other music for percussion which has been played by high school and college groups all over the country. He also has music published through Drop6 Media. and Rowloff Productions.