Directors

Evelio Villarreal
Director of Bands
Email: evelio.villarreal@pisd.edu

Evelio Villarreal is currently the Director of Bands at Piano East and serves as cluster leader for the East Cluster Band Program. Prior to his appointment as Director of Bands, he served as an Associate Director and Marching Band Coordinator at Piano East . Mr. Villarreal previously has been a band director in the Duncanvllle, Austin and San Angelo Independent School Districts and was on the percussion staff of the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps from Rockford, Illinois. Bands under his direction have consistently been awarded the "Sweepstakes Award" for Superior Ratings in University Interscholastic League Marching, Concert and Sight Reading contests and been named "Best In Class" at the South Coast Music Festival, Galvesfon Music Festival, Morton H. Meyerson Concert Band Festival and American Classic Festival in Breckenridge and Winter Park, Colorado, and Musicfest Orlando in Orlando, Florida. In 2006 and 2008 the Piano East Wind Ensemble was named a finalist in Class 5A Honor Band competition by the Texas Music Educators Association. In 2008, the Wind Ensemble was recognized as one of five "National Winners" by the National Wind Band Honors Prefect. Percussion ensembles under his direction have performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention and the National Percussion Festival.

Mr. Villarreal is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity, Percussive Arts Society and Phi Beta Mu International Band Fraternity. In 2000, he was selected for induction into the American School Band Directors Association, which honors outstanding band directors in the United States. In 2006, Mr. Villarreal was awarded the Legion of Honor by the John Philip Sousa Foundation for excellence in teaching and for contributions to high school bands. He currently serves on the State Board of the Texas Music Educators Association as President of TMEA Region XXIV and the UIL Region 25 Music Advisory Committee. Mr. Villarreal is a multi-year honoree of Who's Who Among America's Teachers and maintains an active schedule as a clinician, arranger and adjudicator. He is an educational artist/ endorser for Innovative Percussion, Incorporated and a contributing author of the band method book, Essential Musicianship for Band, published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. Mr. Villarreal holds the Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Angelo State University and a Master of Music Degree from Texas A&M-Commerce. Mr. Villarreal's wife Abby, is Director of Bands at Otto Middle School. They have two daughters, Melissa, a May 2010 graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington and Rebecca, a 1 2th grade percussionist in the Wind Ensemble at Piano East Senior High.

Jana Harvey
Associate Director of Bands
Email: Jana.Harvey@pisd.edu

Jana Harvey is currently the Associate Director of Bands at Piano East Senior High. Her duties at Piano East includes conducting the Symphonic Band, team teaching the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Percussion Class, Marching Band and assisting with all aspects of the band program at Piano East. Prior to her appointment at Piano East, she served as the Director of Bands at Clark High School and Associate Director of Bands at Hendrick Middle School and Clark High School.

During her tenure at Clark High School, the Honors Band has received consistent Sweepstakes Awards in University Interscholastic League competition for Superior Ratings in Marching, Concert Performance and Sight reading. In addition, the Clark Honors Band was awarded "Best In Class" or "Best in Contest" at every festival in which they have performed. The Piano East Symphonic Band has consistently been awarded the UIL Sweepstakes Award for Superior Ratings in Concert Performance and Sight Reading while also being named "Best In Class" at nationally adjudicated festivals throughout the United States. In 2004, Ms. Harvey was named as Clark High School's "Teacher of the Year" and honored by the PTA with the life membership award. In 2005, Ms. Harvey was selected for induction into the American School Band Directors Association, which honors outstanding band directors in the United States.

Her professional affiliations include the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmaster Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, Tau Beta Sigma and Phi Beta Mu International Band Fraternity. Ms. Harvey maintains an active schedule as a clinician and adjudicator. She holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Texas Tech University and is currently pursuing a Master of Music Education degree.

John Brennan
Associate Director of Bands
Email: John.Brennan@pisd.edu

John Brennan is currently the Associate Director of Bands at Piano East Senior High. His duties at Piano East include conducting the Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, team teaching the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Marching Band and assisting with all aspects of the band program at Piano East. Prior to his appointment to the band staff at Piano East, Mr. Brennan was the percussion specialist for the Piano East Cluster schools for the three years.

Under his direction, the Piano East Concert Band has been a consistent winner of the UIL Sweepstakes Award for Superior Ratings in Concert Performance and Sight Reading and been named "Best In Class" at nationally adjudicated festivals in Orlando, Florida, Breckinridge, Colorado, San Antonio and Corpus Christ!, Texas.

In 2006, the Piano East Percussion Ensemble was one of three high school ensembles selected to perform at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin, Texas. Mr. Brennan consults and writes for both the Clark High School and Williams High School drumlines, in addition to writing for the award-winning Piano East Drumline. He also writes marching percussion arrangements for many top high schools throughout the United States. Mr. Brennan was a member of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps from Rosemont, Illinois where he marched in the bass drum and tenor lines from 1992 to 1995. Afterwards, he joined the instructional staff of the Cavaliers where he continues to be an instructor and consultant for corps.

A published author, he has written several articles for Percussive Notes magazine on marching percussion. Mr. Brennan is an artist/endorser for the Yamaha Corporation of America, Remo USA, Avedis Zildjian Company and Innovative Percussion, Incorporated. He holds the Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana where he studied percussion extensively with Mr. Kenneth Green and a Masters Degree in Percussion Performance at Texas A&M-Commerce. He is an active clinician, adjudicator, and performer throughout the United States and holds professional memberships in the Texas Music Educators Association, Percussive Arts Society and Phi Mu Alpha.