DAN MUSACCHIO, TMC CHAIR

Dan Musacchio is the Director of Bands at Cedar Ridge High School. At Cedar Ridge, Mr. Musacchio directs the Wind Ensemble and works with the Marching Band and Full Orchestra. In his career, Mr. Musacchio has taught in New Jersey, Maryland, and Texas at all levels of instruction in both band, orchestra, and music theory.

Prior to his appointment at Cedar Ridge High School, Mr. Musacchio was an Assistant Band and Orchestra Director at Claudia Taylor Johnson High School; the only position of its kind to exist at a 6A Texas high school. Under his assistance, the bands and orchestras consistently earned sweepstakes at UIL contests. The marching band was a regular Bands of American Regional, Super Regional, and Grand Nationals finalist. He directed the double reed studio where students consistently placed in region, area, and all state ensembles.   

Mr. Musacchio was also the Director of Orchestras at Bridgewater Raritan High School in New Jersey. There he created a booster organization to support the orchestra program which grew from two to four orchestras under his direction. The Symphony Orchestra applied and was accepted to the Music For All National Festival; the first national festival acceptance in the school’s history.  

Mr. Musacchio attended the Eastman School of Music and the University of Maryland where he received his bachelor’s degree in music education and bassoon performance. A native of New Jersey, Mr. Musacchio moved to Texas in 2017 with his wife, Rosemary, and two dogs, Buddy and Stella.

 

JOHN PETERSON, TMC COORDINATOR

John Peterson is in his fourth year as organizer of the Texas Marching Classic.

Mr. Peterson taught high school band in the DFW area for eight years, two years as an assistant band director at Round Rock High School and three years as head director at Cedar Ridge High School in Round Rock ISD before retiring from his teaching career to be more available to family.

He remains active as a clinician and adjudicator helping band programs reach their fullest potential across the State of Texas.