JD Guzman has worked for Spring Independent School District for the past twelve years and is in his fourth year as the Percussion and Jazz Director at Spring High School in Spring Texas. He is also the percussion specialist for Twin Creeks, Dueitt and Bailey Middle school in the Spring High School instrumental cluster. He is an active musician and performer around the Houston, Austin, El Paso, Rio Grande Valley, Louisiana and Mexico in jazz, salsa, rock, R&B, and commercial music styles. JD has recorded for studios such as, Joey Records, Freddie Records, Blue Bamboo Music, Red Shack Studio, and Tierra Studios. He has had the opportunity to share the stage with such musicians as Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, Brian Lynch, Victor Wooten, Bill Evans, Wayne Bergeron, and Diane Schuur. JD was also a member of the NFL’s Houston Texan Drumline, NBA’s Houston Rockets drum group “BIG BANG!” and the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps where he also worked as part of the instructional staff. Spring H.S. Jazz Band has placed 1st at both the 2012 Moores School Jazz Festival at the University of Houston and the Blinn College Jazz Festival. Mr. Guzman has been a guest conductor and performer and the Midwest Clinic in Chicago in 2003, 2010, and 2013 where the Bailey Middle School Percussion Ensemble was selected to perform. The Spring Percussion Ensemble was named a National Winner in the inaugural Mark of Excellence National Percussion Honors in 2011 and 2012. Students under his tutelage have earned chairs in TMEA All Region and All State Bands. He is a active member of TMEA, TBA, JEN, and PASIC.