Chris Ferrell is the Supervisor of Instrumental Music for the Cobb County School District in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly founding Director of Bands at Hillgrove High School in Powder Springs, Georgia, Associate Director of Bands at L.D. Bell High School in Hurst Texas, and Director of Bands at Harwood Junior High School in Bedford, Texas, he has also served on the staff of the acclaimed Texas Wind Symphony and performed with the Dallas Wind Symphony.
He has served as a session musician as well as a performer in the jazz, popular, and concert idioms and continues as an active performer, conductor, instructor, and clinician.
He received degrees in music and music education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and did additional study in conducting and saxophone at the Oberlin Conservatory, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the University of North Texas. Dr. Ferrell holds a Master of Education in Music Education and the Doctor of Philosophy of Music Education from Auburn University.
Chris Ferrell has received the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association and holds memberships in Phi Beta Mu International School Bandmaster’s Fraternity, NAfME, NBA, CBDNA, GMEA, and is active as a clinician and evaluator for Music for All, as well as consultant for public school and university music organizations across the United States.