Teddy Mack is the Director of Bands at North Paulding High School. Teddy is responsible for the entirety of the North Paulding Band Program. This includes the Wolfpack Pride Marching Band, three concert bands, jazz band, percussion ensemble, indoor percussion, and winterguard.

Prior to his current role, Teddy taught at New Hampstead High School located in Bloomingdale, Georgia in 2016 before moving to North Paulding High School as the Assistant Director of Bands in 2018. Teddy became the Director of Bands at North Paulding High School in 2019. 

He completed the online Master of Music Education program from the University of Florida in 2021 and the Bachelor of Music Education from Georgia State University in 2016, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. 

Teddy lives in Marietta, Georgia with his wife Regan and dog Apollo. 

Levi Lyman is the Assistant Director of Bands at North Paulding High School. He is a dedicated and energetic music educator hailing from Kennesaw, GA. After matriculating through the Cobb County school system, Mr. Lyman earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Kennesaw State University.

Before coming to North Paulding, Mr. Lyman served as the band director for Sierra High School in Colorado Springs starting in 2016. While under his direction, instrumental music enrollment increased from 34 to 130 students, and the instrument inventory doubled to provide cost-free instruments to all students. While at Sierra, the district marching band began consistently qualifying for state finals, and earned two state medals. Additionally, Levi was honored as the Teacher of the Year for the 2016-2017 school year and mentored new teachers, underscoring a commitment to professional development and educational leadership.

Mr. Lyman currently lives close to home in Acworth, Georgia with his wife Natalie, his son Karson, his daughter Cadence, and his dog Rosie. When not working for music or enjoying it in his off time, Mr. Lyman enjoys biking, gaming, and painting with his family.

Douglas Edens is the Director of Color Guards. He has been in the color guard world since he started high school in the 1800’s. This first year in a World Class Drum Corp was when he was only 15 years old and marched with DCI for a total of 5 years, 2 of which he was still in high school. In 2004 DCI selected him to be a performer for the DCI Honor Corp that performed at for The ABC Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, where he was also chosen to open the parade with Regis and Kelly. Then after marching DCI, he still taught for 2 years.

Once he graduated from high school, he became a Co-Color Guard Director at the High School he graduated from for 4 years until he moved to Ohio to take over his own Color Guard program where he was at for 7 years. In those years the program was finals at multiple BOA shows and class champions, WGI finals and medals, and State Finals and Champions multiples times. While he was in Ohio, he marched for an IW WGI group Juxta and was a soloist. Then he went to TN for a few years where that program was finals at multiple BOA shows and class champions, WGI finals and medals and State Finals and Champions multiples times. Also, when in TN, Kelly Clarkson management team contacted him to have his color guard to multiple numbers for the Nashville Christmas Day Parade including one for Kelly Clarkson. He has design and worked with groups in NC, SC, FL, TN, OH, PA, MS, AL. Many of those groups he still works with.

He has a big passion for helping and watching programs grow into something special.

When not working in with color guards he has worked with Large Non-Profit Organizations, Purchasing, the Military and the Government.

Jacob Morgan is the Director of Bands at Crossroads Middle School. Before coming to Crossroads Mr. Morgan, was at Union Grove Middle School (UGMS) Band Program where he increased the enrollment of the band program to its largest size in program history and has consistently earned Superior Ratings at Large Group Performance Evaluation. While serving as Director of Bands at UGMS, Mr. Morgan was also elected to serve as the Band Chair for District VI of the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA), developed the Henry County Unit Plans, Learning Progressions, and Learning Targets for Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Middle School Band, presented professional development sessions to other teachers in Henry County Schools, and has served as a Mentor to new band directors in the county.

As an advocate for education, Mr. Morgan has presented at the Maryland, Delaware, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia Music Educators’ Association conferences. Mr. Morgan has also hosted and organized many different GMEA events, including District Band Auditions and Allstate Band Auditions. Mr. Morgan is also an active member of the Musical Theatre community, serving as musical director for productions by Page1 Productions and the Henry County Players. As a performer, Mr. Morgan performs on both trumpet and piano in pit orchestras, weddings, and church ensembles and is a member of the Tara Winds Trumpet Section.

Mr. Morgan attended Kennesaw State University earning a bachelor’s degree in music education under the study of Dr. Douglas Lindsey. At Kennesaw State University, he participated in chamber ensembles, the Marching Owls, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble 1, Recorder Quartet, and Basketball Band. Mr. Morgan is a member of the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME), and currently serves as the Vice President of “The Marching Owls” Alumni Society (MOAS) of Kennesaw State University.

Katherine Crozier-Price, is the Director of Bands at Sammy McClure Middle School. She has worked in Charleston, Sc for the Spoleto International Festival; marched The Mighty Sound of the Southeast (USC); Performed in Chicago, IL at the Midwest International Clinic; worked with many composers, musicians, and ensembles for the last twelve years. 

On school breaks I enjoy reading, traveling, roller coasters, and more with my husband Matthew Price who is also a band director (Flat Rock Middle School Tyrone, GA).

Mrs. Boyle is the Director of Bands at Moses Middle School. Mrs. Boyle received her master’s degree in music performance - Percussion from the University of West Georgia in 2022, where she studied under Katie Byrd. During her graduate studies, Mrs. Boyle performed as a featured soloist with the University of West Georgia wind ensemble on Joseph Schwantner's Concerto for Percussion and Adam Silverman's Carbon Paper, Nitrogen Ink. She received her bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of West Georgia.

An avid educator, performer, and arts activist, Mrs. Boyle has served as Operations Director for West Georgia Winds, a nonprofit fine arts organization, since 2021. Mrs. Boyle is strongly involved in local arts organizations and helps to organize many GMEA District VII events. She has performed with Georgia State University's Symphonic Winds, Atlanta Quest Indoor Percussion, and she participated in the 2020 PASIC International Marimba Solo Competition.

​Mrs. Boyle lives in Dallas, GA, with her husband Tyler and her two cats, Squid and Cheddar.