Austin, based in Monroe, NC, has been involved in the music world for nearly two decades as a performer, educator and adjudicator having started his journey on drumset under the instruction of Curtis Wingfield. Austin took his first job in high school as a private drumset instructor at Music Matters in Matthews, NC. Austin has performed many seasons as a member in the marching arts, specifically inside of Winter Guard International (WGI) with Paradigm Percussion (2012-2014), Palmetto Percussion (2015, 2016) and Equinox Percussion (2017). After aging out of WGI, Austin joined the staff at Paradigm Percussion as Batterie Coordinator for two seasons (2018, 2019) and has been the Ensemble Coordinator since 2020, leading the group to a Bronze Medal in Percussion Independent A Class in 2019 and is now leading the group in Independent Open Class making consecutive finals appearances and winning Fan Favorite in 2024. Austin has served as the Batterie Technician, Percussion Director and Ensemble Coordinator at various Charlotte area schools over the past twelve years. Austin attended Wingate University having graduated in 2017 with a Bachelors of Science and received his Master's Certificate from East Carolina University in 2022. Austin currently holds the following professional positions in the field of Music: Ensemble Coordinator at Paradigm Percussion, Chief Executive Officer at Cloud Music Suite LLC.
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