Timberline High School Marching Band Staff 2024

Mr. José Rodríguez - Timberline Band Director

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Mr. Rodriguez has served as the Band Director at Timberline High School since 2008, and he currently teaches Marching Band and Pep Band, Wind Symphony, Concert Band, Jazz Ensembles, AP Music Theory, and Music Production. Mr. Rodriguez has also served as adjunct faculty at Boise State University as a saxophone instructor, and has been actively involved in music in Idaho since 1998 as a performer, educator, adjudicator, guest clinician and music supporter. Rodriguez earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Boise State University in 2006 and a Master of Education degree from the University of Idaho in 2015. He was a member of the 2005 Seattle Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps and went on to teach the group in 2006 and 2009. In his "spare time" Mr. Rodriguez enjoys training in Shotokan Karate, composing music, lifetime sports, and travel.
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​​Mr. Evan Chivers - Assistant Director, Visual and Brass Instructor/Caption Head

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Mr. Chivers has been working in Idaho as a marching arts instructor, designer, and adjudicator for the past ten years. In that time, he has worked with thousands of students from high schools and college's across Idaho and neighboring states. In the indoor activity, Evan acted as the visual designer and instructor for Rhythm Armada for 5 seasons. In the 2023 and 2024 drum corps seasons, Evan worked as a visual technician and choreographer for the Seattle Cascades Drum & Bugle Corps. In his time at THS, he has acted as visual caption head, drill writer/choreographer, program designer, and assistant director for some of the Wolf Pack Marching Band's most successful seasons. Outside of the marching arts world, Evan is a career music educator. Mr. Chivers has been the general music teacher at Desert Sage Elementary since 2018.

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Mr. Justin Granados - Assistant Director, Music/Conducting Instructor

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Mr. Granados received his degree in Music Education from Boise State University.  During his time at Boise State, he has served as Principal French Horn in the University’s Symphonic Winds and Symphony Orchestra.  He was also a member of the Blue Thunder Marching band for three seasons of which he served as Drum Major during the 2020-2021 season.  In addition, he has performed with the Boise Philharmonic, Opera Idaho, and Boise Baroque.  Outside of the marching arts, Mr. Grandos performs regularly with the Treasure Valley Concert Band, consults in high brass playing throughout the Treasure Valley, and teaches French Horn Privately.


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​Mr. ​​ Jared Pellegrino - Percussion Instructor, Sound Engineering

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Mr.  Pellegrino received a Bachelors in Music Composition form Boise State University.  Jared is a 2011 graduate of Timberline High School.  He has been heavily involved with the Timberline band program, serving as the section leader for the front ensemble for all three years of high school, along with leading and organizing an after-school Percussion Ensemble.  Jared has also been a member of the Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps front ensemble in 2010 and 2013, and was the principal percussionist and timpanist for the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra during their 2010-2011 season.  Jared won the District III Solo/Ensemble Festival on both marimba and timpani in 2011 and received a Superior Rating for percussion ensemble in 2010 and 2011.
 
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​Mr. TJ Davis - Music/Audio Instructor

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Mr. Davis earned his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Boise State University.  At BSU, he held leadership roles in the Blue Thunder Marching Band and Symphonic Winds, and he was a member of the Jazz Orchestra and Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble. TJ is primarily a euphonium player, but has also privately studied tuba and music production. Since graduating, TJ has interned with a leading music technology company, Ableton, and has started teaching private low brass lessons and music production lessons.


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​Mr. Kyle Cleven - Visual Instructor

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Mr. Cleven started his marching career in the Foothill High School Marching Band in Henderson, Nevada. He then went on to march Pacific Crest drum and bugle corps, and later aged out with the Blue Knights. He began teaching straight out of high school at Liberty High School and Silverado High School in Las Vegas. After moving to Boise he started teaching with Timberline High School in 2021. He now teaches with the World Class Drum and Bugle Corps, the Sacramento Mandarins as a part of their visual staff.


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Mr. Christian Fischer - Percussion Instructor

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​Ms. Kayla Syvock - Color guard Instructor

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​Ms. Cora Kruger - Color Guard Instructor

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​​Mr. Bryan Johnson - Percussion/Program Consultant

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Mr. Johnson has been teaching in the Boise area in the field of marching percussion since 2007. Bryan was a member of the Seattle Cascades percussion section for both the 2009 and 2011 seasons and has been teaching with the Timberline High School Band program since 2016. He is former percussion instructor at Mountain View High School, and was previously the director of percussion for Armada Corps.

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