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Joshua Boyd

Point University Athletic Band | Point Winds Theater | Freelance visual coordinator, drill writer, consultant

Quick Facts:

Nationality: USA
Artist Since:2016
Influences:God | Alan Armstrong | John Maxwell
Website:https://jboydmusic.com
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/jboydmusic
Mac or PC:Mac
iPhone or Android:iPhone
Facebook or Twitter:Twitter
Satellite or Cable:Satellite
Favorite Food:Burritos
Favorite Drink:Mountain Dew
Favorite Car:Chevy Silverado Z71
Favorite Book:24 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
Favorite Movie:Coach Carter
Favorite TV Show:Undercover Boss
Favorite Song:Brooklyn by the Youngblood Brass Band
Favorite Composition:Dum Spiro Spero by Chris Pilsner
Favorite Arrangement:Any of our Marching Arrangements by Justin Williams and Jarrett Farrell
Favorite Musical:Wicked (Winnie Holzman, Stephen Schwartz)
Favorite Orchestra:Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Favorite Concert Band:Georgia Wind Symphony
Favorite Big Band:Buddy Rich Big Band
Favorite Rock/Pop Band:Maroon 5
Favorite Solo Musical Artist:Alison Balsom
Favorite Music Clinician:Scott Brown, Andrew Lightner, Alan Armstrong, Alfred Watkins, David Gregory
Favorite Performance Venue:Carnegie Hall
Favorite Hobby:Golf, Running, Atlanta Braves Baseball, Playing Trumpet
Favorite Hotel:On a Carnival Cruise Ship or in Disney
Favorite Cartoon Character:Superman

Banded Story:

Due to matters related to work, I spent my teenage years moving from school to school.  I found it difficult in elementary school to have meaningful relationships.  However, through band, I found a global family that I belonged to.  When I moved to different schools in middle and high school, I always had a place to instantly belong.   In many ways, band saved my life.  It gave me a purpose and helped me to learn important aspects of adult life such as discipline, integrity, honor, and excellence.  Today, I am a music educator that understands that music is so much more important than large group performance.  It truly has the ability to create a better world and inspire people to realize that they are created for greatness.  Ultimately, I see in each student, myself as a child.  We work hard to make music matter for the single individual.  Always remember that if you can change the life of just one, you may truly change the world.

Bio:

Dr Joshua Boyd is the Director of Athletic Bands at Point University in the beautiful city of West Point Georgia. Dr. Boyd founded the Point University Marching Skyhawks in 2015 and the group quickly became recognized in the southeast as a high quality-performing ensemble.  In the winter of 2016, Dr. Boyd founded Point Winds Theater, a WGI Independent Winds A class unit.  The group won the Georgia Indoor Percussion Association WIA division and went on to win the silver medal at the 2016 WGI World Championships in Dayton Ohio.  Dr. Boyd is a highly recognizes clinician, guest speaker, and consultant in the southeast.  He has worked as a curriculum coordinator for several private entities including assisting the Georgia Department of Education when writing the Georgia Performance Standards for band.  He has presented on various topics at both the Georgia MEA as well as NAfME and many other organizations.  He is a current researcher on the relationship between music and other core disciplines, student motivation, character education, and several other interest areas.