Sean Mireau has been the percussion instructor at Chaparral High School since the fall of 2004 and is married to Jennifer Mireau. As percussion instructor, his responsibilities include writing the music for the sideline percussion section as well as the field percussion section of the marching band, teaching the sideline and field percussion sections of the marching band, and repairing and maintaining the more than 40 percussion instruments used by band students at Chaparral High School. Sean also helps Mrs. Mireau by assisting her with teaching the Chaparral Jazz Band, the Symphonic Band, the 2nd hour percussion class, and by occasionally driving an activity bus to transport Chaparral band students to and from music festivals and events.

 

   Sean has been teaching high school percussion continuously since 1988. He has taught percussion at Casa Grande Union High School, Coolidge High School, Santa Cruz Valley Union High School, Corona del Sol High School, Mountain View High School in Mesa, Red Mountain High School, Thunderbird High School, Cactus Shadows High school, Horizon High School, Shadow Mountain High School, Glendale High School, and Cactus High School.

 

   Sean participated in school band from 6th grade through 12th grade. After graduating from Casa Grande Union High School in 1988, Sean attended Central Arizona College for two years and received an Associate of Arts degree. Sean then studied jazz performance as a music major at Arizona State University for three years. While studying music at ASU, Sean performed in over 50 concerts and recitals as a soloist and as a member of the ASU Big Band, New Music Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Marimba Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Percussion Jazz Ensemble, numerous jazz combos, and the “Pandevils” Steel Drum Band. Sean toured and performed as a member of the Sunset Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps from Tucson, Arizona in the summers of 1987, 1988, and 1990 a as a member of the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from Anaheim, California in the summer of 1991. Sean placed first in the Multi-Percussion category of the 1991 Drum Corps International Individual and Ensemble Competition held in Dallas, Texas.

   A 2011 graduate of Chaparral High School and the Firebird band program, Edward is an amazing percussionist specializing in mallet percussion and timpani. Edward made the All-Regional Honor Band all four years in high school and was a member of the All-State Honor Band his sophomore, junior, and senior years. Edward was the timpanist for the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps in 2010 and the timpanist for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps in 2011. Edward is currently a percussion performance major at Arizona State University.

 

 

   Pam has been teaching color guards for many years and is in demand around the valley. She currently instructs the color guards at Basha High School, Higley High School, Williams Field High School, and Gilbert High School, and our color guard at Chaparral Hight School.

 

 

 

 

 

   A native of Arizona, Mark Richardson was born in Casa Grande and raised in the Phoenix area. After graduating high school, Richardson began instructing the marching band and concert ensembles at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Arizona. While teaching there for five years, he studied trumpet in the studio of David Hickman and received a bachelor of music degree from the ASU Herberger Institute School of Music. In 2005, Richardson took over the band program at Corona del Sol and held the head director position for two years. He has arranged music, designed drill and provided clinics for several marching band programs in Arizona. In 1999, Richardson helped form the Arizona Academy of the Performing Arts, an organization for which he now serves as executive director. In 2006, Richardson was awarded the Drum Corps International Division II Director of the Year award.