Mark Curry is the Director of Bands at Clarke County High School and Music Supervisor for the Clarke County Public school system in Berryville, VA. He has served in various capacities with the Clarke Bands and Ensembles since 1997. The percussion program in Clarke County covers the high school marching band percussion section, the indoor drumline and a concert percussion class that includes grades 9 – 12 as well as a solo performance development. Mr. Curry has a B.A. in Applied Percussion Performance with a minor in Audio Engineering from Elizabeth City State University and has studied with Dr. Floyd Robinson and Dr. Gary Callahan among others. Mr. Curry also has a B.S. in Music Education from Western Carolina University and a M.S. of Education from Shenandoah University. In 1987 Mr. Curry marched in Drum and Bugle Corps Division I competition with the Malden Diplomats. He has served as a percussion instructor with Nansemond Suffolk Academy, Piedmont H.S., Fauquier H.S., and various other programs around the state of Virginia. He has been consecutively selected to the Who’s Who among American Teachers since 1998. Mr. Curry is an active member of PAS, MENC, VMEA and VBDOA, and endorses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets. Mr. Curry is married to his wife Michele. They have three schnauzers: Mozart, Medina and Milo