This clinic will take you from the beginning of the beginning percussion year through the end including everything from the selection process to the end of the year. Bingaman will cover the when as well as the what while helping you to navigate methods that are innovative as well as the tried and true variety. This clinic will help percussionists and band directors build a firm foundation for their beginning percussionists.
John Bingaman
- Biographical Information
John Bingaman currently serves as Associate Band Director and Director of Percussion Studies
at Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club, TX. His drumlines have achieved high placements
at the HEB, Plano, and Lonestar Drumline Contests. Prior to his appointment at Byron Nelson
High School, John was the percussion director at John Horn High School where they placed third
at the 2012 Percussive Arts Society Marching Percussion Festival in the standstill division. Mr.
Bingaman’s students have made the Texas All-State band consistently with two as recently as
2021.
Mr. Bingaman holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Louisiana at
Monroe. John performed with the Monroe Symphony Orchestra for five seasons and then
played thirteen seasons as a percussionist with the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra. John was
featured as a soloist with the orchestra by performing a marimba concerto in 2004. He is also
an active percussionist, drumset player, adjudicator, and clinician in the DFW area serving on
staffs such as the “Roll” Models Percussion Summer Camps and the North Texas Middle School
Percussion Camp. Mr. Bingaman an educational artist for Mapex/Majestic has also presented
percussion clinics at the 2019 TMEA convention, 2021 Art of Teaching Music Symposium, 2021
Stryvemind Director Symposium, and the 2021 Texas Bandmasters Association Convention.