Dr. Andrew Poor
Assistant Director of Bands
Andrew F. Poor was appointed as the Associate Director of Bands at Fayette County High School in fall of 2010. Moreover, he has served on the part-time faculty of the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University beginning in the fall of 2006 as a member of the Music Education Department. Additionally, he has served as the Associate Director of Bands at Starr’s Mill High School in Fayetteville, Georgia, as Director of Bands at Osborne High School in Marietta, Georgia, and at Haines City High School in Haines City, Florida. Dr. Poor holds the Doctor of Music Education degree as well as the Master of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio, and he previously received the Bachelor of Music Education degree (High Honors) from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Furthermore, Dr. Poor is a National Board Certified Teacher in the area of Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood-Music/Band as recognized by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. Likewise, he has been recognized in six editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers as well as the 2002 and 2003 Who’s Who in America.
As a music educator at all levels, his ensembles have received numerous accolades and given several important performances; most notably, the 17th International Cultural Festival in Tottori, Japan in 2002, and the 1997 Florida Music Educators State Conference. Additionally, he conducted the Rising Starr Middle School Symphonic Band’s premiere of his composition, Acceptance, at the 2008 Midwest Clinic. Dr. Poor has been composing and arranging for concert bands and marching bands for many years with over 50 compositions and arrangements to his name. His published arrangements and compositions appear in the catalogs of C.L. Barnhouse, Northeastern Music Publications, and Eighth Note Music.
Dr. Poor is in demand as a clinician/consultant in the areas of curriculum development, student leadership, block scheduling, teacher training, middle school music education, and brass pedagogy, and has given presentations at numerous state and regional conferences, including the 2009 Midwest Clinic as well as conferences for the Ohio Music Educators Association, Florida Music Educators Association, and four times for the Georgia Music Educators Association. Furthermore, he has written articles for the Journal for the International Trumpet Guild, Florida Music Director, and the Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning. Moreover, he served for six years (2000-2005) as the Brass Caption Chair for the Drum Corps International Judge Administration Team, and has also worked as a music adjudicator for G.M.E.A, Drum Corps Midwest, Bands of America, and Winter Guard International, having judging numerous Regional, National and World Championships for these organizations. He is on the summer faculty of the Spirit Music Camps where he works with in-service teachers on a variety of professional development topics. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at Fayette County High School, he is the band director at Cleveland Elementary and Inman Elementary in Fayetteville, Georgia.