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Joseph Nassar, Director of Bands
Joseph Nassar received his Master of Music (MM) and Bachelor of Music Education (BME) from Louisiana State University, and has completed post-graduate work in Educational Leadership. He holds National Board Certification in Early Adolescence/Young Adulthood Instrumental Music, and is a certified Teacher Leader.
Mr. Nassar has served as Band Director at Donaldsonville High School, Prairieville Middle School, and since 1999, Band Director at St. Amant High School in St. Amant, Louisiana. At St. Amant, Mr. Nassar conducts the Marching Band, Wind Symphony, Concert Band, and Jazz Band, and has served as the Color Guard faculty sponsor. All bands under his direction have earned numerous sweepstakes awards at LMEA state events, and the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony have been ranked first many times in their respective divisions in LMEA competition.
Mr. Nassar is active as a concert band and marching band clinician and adjudicator throughout Louisiana, and is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Louisiana Music Educators Association, Phi Beta Mu, and the District IV Band Directors Association.
Additionally, Mr. Nassar has received many awards and accolades for teaching including:
Joseph and Misty Nassar reside in Prairieville, Louisiana with their children, Kaitlyn, Blake, Jordan, and Chloe.
Joseph Nassar received his Master of Music (MM) and Bachelor of Music Education (BME) from Louisiana State University, and has completed post-graduate work in Educational Leadership. He holds National Board Certification in Early Adolescence/Young Adulthood Instrumental Music, and is a certified Teacher Leader.
Mr. Nassar has served as Band Director at Donaldsonville High School, Prairieville Middle School, and since 1999, Band Director at St. Amant High School in St. Amant, Louisiana. At St. Amant, Mr. Nassar conducts the Marching Band, Wind Symphony, Concert Band, and Jazz Band, and has served as the Color Guard faculty sponsor. All bands under his direction have earned numerous sweepstakes awards at LMEA state events, and the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony have been ranked first many times in their respective divisions in LMEA competition.
Mr. Nassar is active as a concert band and marching band clinician and adjudicator throughout Louisiana, and is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Louisiana Music Educators Association, Phi Beta Mu, and the District IV Band Directors Association.
Additionally, Mr. Nassar has received many awards and accolades for teaching including:
- Selection by School Band and Orchestra Magazine to represent Louisiana in the December 2008 feature entitled “50 Directors Who Make a Difference,"
- Louisiana Music Educators Association State Band Division Chair
- Charter Member and Vice President of the Louisiana Music Adjudicators Association
- President of the LMEA District IV Band Directors Association 2007-present
- Three-time recipient of the Ascension Fund Grant for Teaching Excellence
- Winner of EATEL's "Reach a Kid, Teach a Kid" Grant
- Induction into Phi Beta Mu, the National Bandmasters Fraternity
- Performer at the 25th Annual International Horn Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida
Joseph and Misty Nassar reside in Prairieville, Louisiana with their children, Kaitlyn, Blake, Jordan, and Chloe.
Andrew Graham, Assistant Director of Bands
Andrew Graham was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1987. He is an Alum of St. Amant Middle School and St. Amant High School, under the direction of Terri Hunter, Craig Millet, and Joseph Nassar, respectively. Mr. Graham earned his Bachelor of Music Education (BME) from Louisiana State University in 2009, having performed in the LSU Tiger Band and Drum Line, the LSU Percussion Ensemble Hamiruge, and the LSU Symphonic Winds and Wind Ensemble. His directors at LSU were Dr. Linda Moorhouse and Frank Wickes. He has studied percussion with Trae Norsworthy and Dr. Brett W. Dietz.
Mr. Graham served as the Band Director at Alfred Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School in Kenner, Louisiana from 2009-2013. There he took his Concert Band to LMEA District Festival every year and to LMEA State Festival in 2012. His groups performed throughout the New Orleans metro area at numerous Mardi Gras parades every year, New Orleans Pelicans games, New Orleans Voodoo Games, and various other festivals and events including the 2011 Sugar Bowl Halftime Show. His groups at Bonnabel also performed nationally, having marched in the 2013 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C.
In 2013, Mr. Graham accepted the position of Assistant Band Director at his alma mater. He teaches the Drum Line and Percussion Ensembles as well as conducts the Symphonic Band.
Mr. Graham’s professional affiliations include NAfME, LMEA, PAS, and the District IV Band Director’s Association. He resides in his home town of St. Amant with his wife, Olivia, and their two children, Norah and Myles.
Andrew Graham was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1987. He is an Alum of St. Amant Middle School and St. Amant High School, under the direction of Terri Hunter, Craig Millet, and Joseph Nassar, respectively. Mr. Graham earned his Bachelor of Music Education (BME) from Louisiana State University in 2009, having performed in the LSU Tiger Band and Drum Line, the LSU Percussion Ensemble Hamiruge, and the LSU Symphonic Winds and Wind Ensemble. His directors at LSU were Dr. Linda Moorhouse and Frank Wickes. He has studied percussion with Trae Norsworthy and Dr. Brett W. Dietz.
Mr. Graham served as the Band Director at Alfred Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School in Kenner, Louisiana from 2009-2013. There he took his Concert Band to LMEA District Festival every year and to LMEA State Festival in 2012. His groups performed throughout the New Orleans metro area at numerous Mardi Gras parades every year, New Orleans Pelicans games, New Orleans Voodoo Games, and various other festivals and events including the 2011 Sugar Bowl Halftime Show. His groups at Bonnabel also performed nationally, having marched in the 2013 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C.
In 2013, Mr. Graham accepted the position of Assistant Band Director at his alma mater. He teaches the Drum Line and Percussion Ensembles as well as conducts the Symphonic Band.
Mr. Graham’s professional affiliations include NAfME, LMEA, PAS, and the District IV Band Director’s Association. He resides in his home town of St. Amant with his wife, Olivia, and their two children, Norah and Myles.
Alyxis Mayeaux, Assistant Director of Bands
Alyxis Mayeaux was born in Texas in 1995 and graduated from Collierville High School, right outside of Memphis, Tn.
Ms. Mayeaux earned her Bachelor of Music Education (BME) from the University of Louisiana in Lafayette in 2017. She performed with The Pride of Acadiana Marching Band, UL’s Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony, UL’s Percussion Ensemble and various other performance groups throughout her tenure at UL. She completed her student teaching at Dutchtown High School and Dutchtown Middle School.
Ms. Mayeaux served as Band Director at Brusly High School in Brusly, Louisiana from 2018 - 2023. Throughout her time, Brusly’s marching band and concert band earned superior ratings in multiple competitions and assessments. She led the concert band to earning Sweepstakes at LMEA’s District IV Large Ensemble Assessment in 2019 and 2023. In addition, she was instrumental in advocating for the growth of all music programs within West Baton Rouge Parish. During the 2019 - 2020 school year, Ms. Mayeaux took the opportunity to start the West Baton Rouge Parish Honor Band and worked closely with the school board to ensure that Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Funds were distributed properly and appropriately to all music programs within WBR.
Ms. Mayeaux was a member of Louisiana Stars Drum and Bugle Corps for their inaugural season in 2014 and on their administration team for their 2022 season. In November of 2022 she was selected as LMEA’s Young Music Educator of the Year. In 2023, Ms. Mayeaux accepted the position of Assistant Band Director at St. Amant High.
Ms. Mayeaux’s professional affiliations include being a member NAFME, LMEA, District IV Honor Band Directors Association, where she serves as Treasurer, and Salyers Percussion Education Team. Ms. Mayeaux and her fiancé reside in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with their dog, Heidi.
Alyxis Mayeaux was born in Texas in 1995 and graduated from Collierville High School, right outside of Memphis, Tn.
Ms. Mayeaux earned her Bachelor of Music Education (BME) from the University of Louisiana in Lafayette in 2017. She performed with The Pride of Acadiana Marching Band, UL’s Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony, UL’s Percussion Ensemble and various other performance groups throughout her tenure at UL. She completed her student teaching at Dutchtown High School and Dutchtown Middle School.
Ms. Mayeaux served as Band Director at Brusly High School in Brusly, Louisiana from 2018 - 2023. Throughout her time, Brusly’s marching band and concert band earned superior ratings in multiple competitions and assessments. She led the concert band to earning Sweepstakes at LMEA’s District IV Large Ensemble Assessment in 2019 and 2023. In addition, she was instrumental in advocating for the growth of all music programs within West Baton Rouge Parish. During the 2019 - 2020 school year, Ms. Mayeaux took the opportunity to start the West Baton Rouge Parish Honor Band and worked closely with the school board to ensure that Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Funds were distributed properly and appropriately to all music programs within WBR.
Ms. Mayeaux was a member of Louisiana Stars Drum and Bugle Corps for their inaugural season in 2014 and on their administration team for their 2022 season. In November of 2022 she was selected as LMEA’s Young Music Educator of the Year. In 2023, Ms. Mayeaux accepted the position of Assistant Band Director at St. Amant High.
Ms. Mayeaux’s professional affiliations include being a member NAFME, LMEA, District IV Honor Band Directors Association, where she serves as Treasurer, and Salyers Percussion Education Team. Ms. Mayeaux and her fiancé reside in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with their dog, Heidi.