Eric Medina is currently the Assistant Band Director/Director of Percussion at Del Rio High School in the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District. Mr. Medina graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelors of Music in Music Education. His most intensive studies came under the direction of Sherry Rubins, Graeme Francis, Michael Mixtacki, Benjamin Pyles and Si Millican.
Mr. Medina has been privileged to be a part of the Del Rio High School staff where they have been a “UIL Texas State Marching Band Qualifier”, BOA class 3A champion, regional finalist bronze medalist, perennial Area Finalist and most recently, a 2023 Midwest Clinic Invited Program for Del Rio’s award-winning Jazz Ensemble. In the spring of 2023, Mr. Medina led the Del Rio Indoor Percussion to a bronze medal at the TCGC State Championships in College Station. Mr. Medina has also had Jazz students record for All State Jazz that have placed top 20 in the state, several percussion students and percussion ensembles be awarded superior divisions and qualified for the State Solo and Ensemble contest.
Mr. Medina has had the opportunity to perform and teach with DCI and WGI organizations in the country. In 2017, he was a member of the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps and from 2016-2018, he participated with UTSA Indoor in their WGI and TCGC circuits. In 2019, 2020 and 2024, Mr. Medina served as a staff member for the UTSA Indoor Ensemble. In 2019, the organization took their first trip to WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio, placing 7th in Percussion Independent Open for the first time in organization history. Most recently, UTSA returned to WGI World Championships in 2024 and placed 6th in Percussion Independent Open.
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Along with teaching, Mr. Medina is also an active percussion arranger and composer for multiple outdoor ensembles. Mr. Medina proudly uses Remo Drumheads, Zildjan Cymbals, Pearl and Adams Percussion and is endorsed by Innovative Percussion Inc. Mr. Medina in his free time is an avid sports fan and also loves spending time with his cat, Luna.
