Directors
 

Angela Reynolds  
Angela Reynolds has been Director of Bands at River Trail Middle School in Johns Creek, Georgia since 2006.  She began her career in 1995 in southwest Alabama at Excel High School where she spent three years.  She has also taught four years at Headland High School in southeast Alabama, one year at Leeds High School and three years at Leeds Middle School both near Birmingham, Alabama.

A 1990 graduate of Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, Alabama, Ms. Reynolds graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Troy State University in 1994. While at Troy State, she played saxophone and bassoon in the Symphony Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band and served as section leader in the “Sound of the South” Marching Band. She received a Master of Music Education degree from Troy State in 1999.

Ms. Reynolds’ professional affiliations include Music Educators National Conference, Georgia Music Educators Association, Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Kappa Phi, and Kappa Delta Pi.

Ms. Reynolds resides in Grayson, Georgia and is the proud parent of a magnificent mutt named Gabbie and a tenacious, but loveable, miniature dachshund named Boomer.

Jennifer Compton  
Jennifer Compton has been Director of Bands at River Trail Middle School in Johns Creek, Georgia since 2007.  Ms. Compton began her teaching career in 2003 as the Assistant Director of Bands at Woodstock High School, Woodstock, Georgia.  Ms. Compton received her Bachelor’s degree in 2002 in Music Education from Berry College, where she studied trumpet with Dr. William Robison and Dr. Thomas Smith. In 2007, she completed her Master’s degree in Music Education from the University of Georgia.

Her professional affiliations include Music Educators National Conference, Georgia Music Educators Association, International Trumpet Guild, Sigma Alpha Iota, and Omicron Delta Kappa.

In addition, Ms. Compton performs with various groups in the Atlanta area, presently the Cobb Wind Symphony.

Ms. Compton resides in Cumming, Georgia with her “min pin”, Emma.