Charles A. Poole, Jr.
A respected music educator, arranger, and international adjudicator with decades of experience in marching arts and percussion performance.
Charles A. Poole, Jr. received his BA in Political Science from Boston College in 1973, Juris Doctorate from New England School of Law in 1977, and Masters in Music Education from Boston University in 2008.
Mr. Poole has taught, arranged for and adjudicated marching bands, drum corps, and percussion ensembles throughout the United States, Canada and Japan. He has served as an adjudicator for Drum Corps International, Drum Corps Associates, Winter Guard International, New England Scholastic Band Association, Maine Band Directors Association, United States Scholastic Band Association, and Bands of America.
He has arranged for and instructed numerous drum corps and marching bands throughout the Northeast.
For the past twenty years Mr. Poole has been a member of the music faculty of the Everett Public Schools as an instrumental teacher, as well as holding the positions of Marching Band Director and Percussion Ensemble Director. Under his tutelage, the Everett Crimson Tide Percussion Ensemble has won numerous awards, including multiple-time New England Scholastic Band Association and Winter Guard International Regional Championships.
Mr. Poole is a member of the World Drum Corps, Drum Corps International and Massachusetts Drum Corps Halls of Fame and is a clinician and signature artist with the Pro-Mark Drum Stick, Evans Drum Head, Zildjian Cymbal, ErgoSonic Percussion and Pearl Drum Companies. He has presented clinics at the Massachusetts Music Educators Association and Ohio Music Educators Annual Conferences and is a member of the National Association for Music Education, Massachusetts Music Educators Association, the National Association of Rudimental Drummers and is currently a member of the Marching Percussion Committee for the Percussive Arts Society.