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Director of Bands
Mr. Jorim Reid
Serves as marching coordinator, arranger, and drill designer
for the North Carolina Central University “Sound Machine” Marching Band and director of both symphonic and pep
bands.
Jorim E. Reid graduated from Miami Norland Senior High School in Miami, Florida, where he was a student of the renowned bandmaster, Kenneth Rudolph Tolbert. He then graduated from Florida A&M University earning a Bachelor of Science degree in music education with piano as his major instrument. Reid served the band program as principal oboist for wind ensemble and symphonic bands and head drum major, saxophone, and student arranger for marching band. He later received his masters degree in music education from the Florida State University School of Music with oboe as his major instrument. There he studied arranging and composition under Professor Brian Gaber and Professor Bill Peterson. Reid is an assistant professor of music and serves as director of bands at North Carolina Central University. He is also advisor to Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity and Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Band Sorority. Reid serves
as marching coordinator, arranger, and drill designer for the North Carolina Central University “Sound Machine”
Marching Band and director of both symphonic and pep bands. The Marching band has been selected to the Honda Battle of Bands
Invitational two years strait representing the CIAA and is the only band representing North Carolina. As a composer and arranger,
his music is performed by many high school and university bands across the country including Florida A&M University, and
Morris Brown to name a few. Over the years, he has written hundreds of pop, jazz, and gospel compositions and arrangements
for orchestra, jazz band, and various other ensembles. Reid also composes music for TV and Radio commercials and motion pictures. His professional memberships include the College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, Florida Music Educators Association, Florida Band Masters Association, National Band Association, Inter Collegiate Music Association, Nashville Songwriters Associations International, Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Honorary Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Band Sorority and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Assistant Director of Bands
Mr. Samuel Rowley
Mr. Samuel L. Rowley is Assistant Director of Bands at North Carolina Central University. His responsibilities in the Department of Music include assisting with the administration of the Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Pep Band, and Chamber Ensembles. Mr. Rowley also serves as the Chapter Sponsor of the Zeta Sigma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi.
He is a native of Belle Glade, Florida where he graduated from Glades Central Senior High School. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education with honors from Florida A&M University, where he was a conducting student of Dr. Julian E. White and Dr. Shelby R. Chipman. Mr. Rowley is currently completing his graduate degrees in Instrumental Conducting/Music Education at the University of Illinois at Urban- Champaign where he is a conducting student of Prof. James Keene.
Prior to his appointment at North Carolina Central University, he was an instrumental educator in the Atlanta-Dekalb county school system for three years. He helped develop the Southwest Dekalb High School and Chapel Hill Middle School into one of the finest band programs in the world. His bands at Southwest Dekalb and Chapel Hill Middle School received straight superiors in Marching and Concert band every year that he was director. The SWD band has performed at the 1996 Atlanta Centennial games, Niece, France, Macys Day Parade, GMEA In-Service Conference, 20th Century Fox Movie “Drumline”, BOA National Marching Festival, Tournament of Roses Parade, and many other important events.
Mr. Rowley is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi Band Fraternity, Music Educators National Conference (MENC), National Band Association (NBA), Collegiate Band Directors Association (CBDNA), International Trumpet Guild (ITG), and the Dekalb County Rotary Club. He is also a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar Masons, and 32nd Degree Council of Masons. Mr. Rowley has worked with some of the finest wind band conductors in the world such as James Keene, Eugene Corporon, James Croft, William P. Foster, Timothy Reynish, Alan Bonner, and many more. Mr. Rowley maintains an active schedule as an adjudicator and clinician. He is active as a conductor and clinician for many middle and high school band programs across the country.
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