BIO

Mr. Luis Fisher is the Director of Athletic Bands in charge of the Coyote Marching Band and Basketball Pep Band.  Over the many decades of his performing and teaching careers, Mr. Fisher has performed in ensembles on all of the low brass instruments, including the euphonium and contrabass bugles, and held teaching positions in four states.  He has traveled all over the United States and beyond as a member of three drum and bugle corps and the United States Air Force.  As a band director, his entire career has been dedicated to either rebuilding band programs that were on the verge of being disbanded or started completely new programs.  Over the course of his career his ensembles have received “excellent” ratings at music performance assessments and they have produced numerous All County and All State honor band musicians.  Mr. Fisher has been very active in the marching arts during his career.  He has performed with the Florida Wave, Colts, and CorpsVets (now known as Atlanta CV) Drum & Bugle Corps.  He has also been a marching arts adjudicator serving as an Equipment Analysis and Visual judge with the Arizona Marching Band Association and Winter Guard Arizona.  Mr. Fisher has received a Grammy Award in Music Education nomination and is the recipient of the prestigious Golden Apple Award for excellence in education. He is a long time member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and its state-affiliated component associations.  Mr. Fisher is also a current member of the Corporate and Booster Boards of Directors for the Colts Youth Organization in Dubuque, IA.

EDUCATION

MAT, Trevecca Nazarene University

BSM, University of North Alabama

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Tuba Instructor, Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps (2008)
• Director of Bands/Department Chair, Gateway High School, Fort Myers, FL (2020-2025)*
• Director Bands, East Lee County High School, Lehigh Acres, FL (2019-2020)
• Director of Music/Fine Arts Dept. Chair, Florence High School and K-8 School, Florence, AZ (2017-2019)
• Interim Director of Instrumental Music, North Pointe Prep, Phoenix, AZ (2017)
• Interim Director of Instrumental Music, Valencia Middle School, Tucson, AZ (2016)
• Director of Instrumental Music, Sabino High School, Tucson, AZ (2015-2016)
• Director of Bands/Fine Arts Dept. Chair, Pueblo High School, Tucson, AZ (2012-2015)
• Inaugural Director of Music, Mission Heights Preparatory High School, Casa Grande, AZ (2011-2012)