Josh Wharton is currently the Percussion Director for Clear Creek High School Band.  He is also the Percussion Coordinator for Clear Creek Intermediate School and League City Intermediate School.  Josh is a 2009 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where he received a Bachelor of Music, Cum Laude, in Percussion Performance and studied with Jim Campbell.

 While at UK, he performed with the percussion ensemble at PASIC, the symphonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall and toured China with the Wind Ensemble.  He will also received a Masters of Music in Music Theory from the University of Houston upon completion of his thesis.  While at UH, Josh was a percussion soloist for Aura, the UH music ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Rob Smith.

Josh is also a private percussion teacher,  adjudicator, and freelance percussionist in the Houston area.