The Woodlands High School Band
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  • About TWHS Band
    • Home
    • About the Band
    • Band and Guard Officers / Student Leadership
    • Winter Guard
    • Band History
    • Awards and Accomplishments
    • Videos
    • Photos
    • Historians >
      • Band Pictures
      • Band Pictures 2021
      • Band Pictures 2020
      • Band Pictures 2019
      • Football Games
      • Football Games 2021
      • Football Games 2020
      • Football Games 2019
    • Booster Club
    • Contact
  • Directors & Staff
    • Meet the Directors
    • Additional Staff
  • For Parents / Students
    • Band Registration FAQ
    • Band/Guard Calendar
    • Charms Info & Login
    • Color Guard Auditions
    • Connect with the Band
    • Booster Club
    • Band Payments
    • Band Forms
    • Volunteer Info
    • Incoming 9th Grade / Transfer Students
    • Buy Band Merch
    • Glossary
    • Parent Leads/Corporate Sponsorships
  • Event Info
    • BBQ Exhibition Tickets
    • 2022 Lone Star Preview
    • BOA Information
    • UIL Information
  • Sponsors/Fundraisers
    • Mulch
    • Current Sponsors
    • Fundraisers
    • Fundraising Programs
    • Donations
    • World Guard Travel Donations
    • Member Sponsorships Needed
    • Business Sponsorships

TWHS Band & Guard directors

Meet the Directors

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Mr. Carter Frederick
Head Band Director
cfrederick@conroeisd.net
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Mr. Andrew Salmon
Band Director/Percussion
​asalmon@conroeisd.net
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​Mr. Aaron Stickley
Assistant Band Director
​astickley@conroeisd.net
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​Ms. Cynthia Robbins
Color Guard Director
​twcg.robbins@gmail.com
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Proudly born and raised in Kingsport, TN, Mr. Aaron Stickley is excited to continue teaching and advocating for music education as well as the marching arts as he enters his 8th year in the band hall. He is currently the Assistant Director of Bands at The Woodlands High School. His primary responsibilities at The Woodlands are to co-direct the marching band and direct Symphonic 1 and Symphonic 2.

Before his time at The Woodlands High School, Mr. Stickley held band director positions at Dickinson High School (TX), Lamar High School (TX), and Paragould High School (AR). During his time at Paragould, the band program received the 2016 Arkansas Class AAAA State Marching Championship, the 2017 All-State Honor Band, and the 2017 National Band Association Blue Ribbon Award presented at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic.


Mr. Stickley graduated Magna cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in Instrumental Music Education from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN. While at MTSU, he marched drum corps with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps (2012) and Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps (2014) on baritone and trumpet. He currently is a brass instructor at the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps. Mr. Stickley is an active visual designer/choreographer and has designed for band programs in Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, and Texas. He is an active member of the Texas Bandmasters Association and the Texas Music Educators Association.

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Andy Salmon is a 1998 graduate of the University of Kentucky where he received his bachelor’s degree in music education while studying with James Campbell. Mr. Salmon is in his 24th year as Percussion Director at the Woodlands High School and McCullough Junior High School.

During his tenure at the Woodlands High School, the marching band has been a consistent Bands of America Grand National Finalist and was named the 2013 BOA Grand National Champion. The Woodlands High School Percussion Ensemble was selected as the 2014 Percussive Arts Society “Call for Tapes” high school champion and performed at the 2014 PAS convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. The
Woodlands High School Wind Ensemble has performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra clinic in 2003 and 2012, where he was featured as a performer on the xylophone and drum set. Mr. Salmon was a member of the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps and the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps.

Mr. Salmon has music published by Tapspace Publications and is an educational endorser for Innovative Percussion, Zildjian cymbals, Evans drum heads and the Yamaha Corporation. Mr. Salmon has two children, Caden (age 10) and Ava (age 6). Mr. Salmons's wife, Claire teaches AP US History and AP World History at the Woodlands High School. The Woodlands High School band continues to be the vehicle he uses to teach life lessons and skills to help students become good people.

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