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Dr. David C. Fullmer has taught instrumental music for 21 years. He earned a Bachelor of Music Education (1986) and Master of Music Education (1990) degrees from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Instrumental Music Conducting from the University of Washington in Seattle (2003) where he served as the Graduate Teaching Assistant to Professor Tim Salzman during the 97-98 school year.
He taught at Utah Valley University from 2000-2008 where his duties included conducting the Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble. He has been the Director of Bands at Timpview High School in Provo, Utah, since 1990 where his Symphonic Bands, Jazz Ensembles, Percussion Ensembles and Marching Bands have earned regional and national reputations for excellence.
He is currently serving as Adjudication Chair for Utah Music Educators Association. He has served as the UMEA President, Utah State Chair for the National Band Association and as Vice President of the Utah Chapter of the International Association for Jazz Education. He has received the Mid West Clinic Medal of Honor, Provo Educator of the Year, UMEA Superior Accomplishment Award, and the National Band Association Citation of Excellence.
David and his wife Natalie are the parents of two daughters, Hilary and Jasmine.
John was raised mostly in Wichita Falls, TX. He is the son of a marching band director who is also a percussionist and feels that drumline is in his blood. Some of his earliest memories are going to football games and sitting close to the drumline.
He graduated from SH Rider High School in 1997 and came to BYU as a Music Education major, but miserably failed the entrance music theory test. Following an LDS mission to Colombia from 1998-2000, he returned to BYU and made a life changing decision. Music remained in his blood and was his passion, but he followed another passion and changed majors to Marriage, Family, and Human Development with a Spanish minor. He graduated in 2004 with a BS.
Soon after graduating, John went to Ecuador for six months and directed a volunteer program working in orphanages. He then taught Spanish in a charter school in Vallejo, CA, before returning to BYU for his Master's Degree in Social Work. He graduated with a MSW in 2007 and had the fortune of working for Provo School District and UT County Division of Substance Abuse as a clinical therapist intern, working mostly with Spanish speaking clients. He spent the last year in Las Vegas working as a social worker for the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services.
John was a member of the BYU Drumline in 1997, 2000-2003, and 2005-2006 for a total of seven years. He thinks he just might hold the record for most years in the BYU marching band. He was on the snare line for six of those years and played tenors in 2001. He is extremely excited to return to BYU to work with the Drumline!
Ashlee Chatterton has been involved with color guard since 1998. She is currently the color guard director at Pleasant Grove High School (UT) where she started in 2004. She is also currently a co-director of Utah Valley University's Envision Independent A Winter Guard of which she was a performing member of 2006-2008. She was also a performing member and co-director of the 2009 Envision Winter Guard World Class team. She is currently serving as the Southern Region Representative on the Utah Winter Guard Association Executive Board. She has been involved with the BYU color guard since 2003, performing with the team 2003-2007, and instructing the team since 2007.
Ashlee has also worked with the color guard programs at American Fork Junior High School (UT), Spanish Fork High School (UT), Mendenhall Middle School (Livermore, CA), and Junction Middle School (Livermore, CA). She is thrilled to be returning to work with the BYU color guard for another amazing season.
Ashlee graduated from Brigham Young University with her bachelors degree in Sociology in 2008. She is currently working at Utah Valley University in the Career Services and Student Employment department. She is thrilled to be returning to work with the BYU color guard for another amazing season.
Victor Neves has designed drill for the Cougar Band since 1995. He holds a Masters Degree in Music Education from BYU and a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the University of Utah. Victor is an "age out veteran" of the Phantom Regiment drum and bugle corps from Rockford, Illinois.
Teachers of note include Donald Peterson, Richard Clary, Gregg I. Hanson, R. Steve Call, Gary Ofenloch, Mike Sanders, Michael J. Cesario, Steve Suslik, and Dan Farrell. He began teaching in St. Anthony, Idaho at South Fremont Junior and Senior High School in 1991 and has served as the Director of Bands at West Hills Middle School in West Jordan since 1994 consistently earning superior ratings at festival. He has served as a marching band clinician and judge in the West and Mid-West since the early nineties.
As the principal designer at Bandtek Drill Design, Victor has written hundreds of marching band shows for high schools and universities in more than twenty-five states, winning first place trophies in sixteen.
Peter Werner was born and raised in Provo, Utah. After graduating from Provo High School he enrolled at BYU with no intention of becoming a music major, although he did play in the Cougar Marching Band and continued to be active in music.
While serving a mission to Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Peter found a new love for teaching and realized how much he missed music. A year after returning from his mission, he became a music education major and graduated in 2008. While at BYU, he played the tuba in the Wind Symphony (2 years), and the Cougar Marching Band (5 years - including 2 years as section leader).
After graduation, Peter taught band and orchestra at Ecker Hill Middle School in Park City, Utah for one year. He is currently pursuing his master's degree in music education.
