Dr. Danny Brock
Visiting Assistant Professor of Band & Assistant Director of the Cowboy Marching Band
Dr. Danny Brock is completing a second Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Wind Conducting from the University of North Texas after graduating with his first DMA in Trumpet performance from the same institution. Prior to joining the Greenwood School of Music, Dr. Brock most recently held the position of Assistant Director of Bands at Independence High School in Frisco, Texas while serving as a member of the Professional Learning Community and Strategic Planning Committees for Frisco ISD.
Dr. Brock comes to the Cowboy Marching Band with over a decade of knowledge and experience in the marching arts. He was cast as a member of the Tony award-winning Blast! for their 2019 tour of Japan and has been an instructor among multiple world class drum corps. Dr. Brock performed as a member of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps, serving as horn sergeant, section leader, and soloist while earning the awards Rookie of the Year, Bluecoat of the Year, and a bronze medal within his time with the corps.
As president and soprano cornet of the Dallas Brass Band, Dr. Brock founded the Dallas Youth Brass Band High School and Middle School ensembles to foster a passion for musical excellence and a lifelong appreciation for brass band among the youth brass musicians of Dallas-Fort Worth. While serving in the classroom as a private lesson instructor for Lewisville ISD, Keller ISD, and Northwest ISD, Dr. Brock also founded the Timber Creek and Byron Nelson High School Trumpet Ensembles. Both groups were the first high school trumpet ensembles to be invited among collegiate ensembles of the National Trumpet Competition in 2018 helping to catalyze the subsequent formation of its high school divisions.
At Oklahoma State University, Dr. Brock will serve as Assistant Director of the Cowboy Marching Band, oversee the Spirit Band, teach courses in the music education curriculum, and assist with applied trumpet instruction.