Bryan Sheetz

Bryan Sheetz is a native of Chester, Virginia, and a graduate of Longwood College where he earned a Bachelor of Music Degree with a concentration in Instrumental Music Education. During his time at Longwood, he performed in a variety of ensembles while studying jazz, as well as symphonic and solo percussion. Mr. Sheetz has performed with various jazz musicians along the East Coast and has studied under Ed Soph (University of North Texas), Ed Uribe (Berklee College of Music), and Bob Breithaupt (former President of PAS, Capitol University). Mr. Sheetz has been active arranger, instructor, adjudicator and clinician in the Mid-Atlantic area since 1997. He has been the Percussion Director at Manchester High School for 5 year, and recently helped the Lloyd C. Bird High School indoor drum line achieve a silver medal in the 2006 Atlantic Indoor Association Championships. Mr. Sheetz is currently an Elementary Music teacher in Chesterfield County and he and his wife Nancy reside in Chester, Virginia with their dog Emma.