John Herndon
Active educator, clinician, adjudicator, arranger, and composer, John Herndon (b. 1985) is the Director of Bands at Greater Atlanta Christian School in Norcross, GA. In this capacity, Mr. Herndon leads the 5th–12th grade students of the band classes, jazz band, percussion ensemble, and marching band in their mission to have fun making music with their friends in order to grow as individuals and musicians, give to their community through performance, and glorify God in all they do.
Prior to his appointment at Greater Atlanta Christian School, Mr. Herndon received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Georgia; taught for five years at Woodland High School in Stockbridge, GA; six years at Milton High School in Milton, GA; and four years at West Forsyth High School in Cumming, GA.
His teaching career has been punctuated with appearances in Bands of America Super Regional Finals, Winter Guard International World Championship Finals, featured performances at the Georgia Music Educators In-Service Conference, as well as numerous superior ratings at Large Group Performance Evaluations and awards at marching band competitions—most recently with the bands at GAC.
As a composer, Herndon has many concert percussion works available through Tapspace Publications, which are widely performed at competitions, clinics, and concerts all around the world. His pieces Toboggan and Great and Small have been selected as Editor’s Choice by music distributor J.W. Pepper. Toboggan, Begin Transmission, and Song Without Words have been performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.
John is a three-time recipient of the National Band Association Citation of Excellence for outstanding contributions to bands and band music, and he is an educational artist with Innovative Percussion, Inc.
John lives in Milton, GA, with his wife, Jessica, their three children, dog, two cats, and an ever-changing number of chickens.
