Jeremy Ragan
Mr. Ragan has been band director at South Paulding Middle School since 2018. He is a graduate of Reinhardt University with a Bachelor of Music Education and Bachelor of Music in Bass Trombone Performance. Primary teaching mentors include David Gregory, Paula Thomas-Lee, Gary Gribble, Josh Rudolph, Michael Foxworth, and Richard Bell. He studied trombone with Harry Maddox.
Mr. Ragan is proud to assist with the Paulding County Marching Band. Past teaching assignments include Elementary Music at Dallas ES, Orchestra and Chorus Director for Kendrick MS, and sectional instruction at Herschel Jones MS, Etowah HS, Pope HS, and many others. Mr. Ragan is also the director of APWinds, a community band based out of Woodstock, GA. He has directed that group since 2012. Mr. Ragan holds membership in the NBA, GMEA, NAFME, PAGE, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Mr. Ragan has taught private lessons on trombone and euphonium and his students have performed in GMEA district, and All-State ensembles. He performs in the Red Top Brass Quintet. Past performance credits include: Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra, Georgia Wind Symphony, Tara Winds, Etowah Jazz Society, Alliance Drum and Bugle Corps, Atlanta CV Drum and Bugle Corps, multiple ensembles at Reinhardt University, and as a finalist in the inaugural Southeast Trombone Symposium Solo Competition. Mr. Ragan met his wife Kristen (a clarinet player) in band class and now they live happily in Dallas, GA with their hound dogs Marco and Penny. |
South Paulding Middle School Band
592 Nebo Road
Dallas, GA 30157
592 Nebo Road
Dallas, GA 30157