Bryan Waites is currently the Director of Percussion at Clements High School and its feeder schools within the Fort Bend Independent School District.  Additionally, Mr. Waites serves on the FBISD Fine Arts Council and facilitates training and professional growth for the district’s music educators.   

Mr. Waites' performing groups have garnered numerous accolades, including performances at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, The WGI World Championships, The National Concert Festival, The Texas State Marching Band Championships, and the Texas Music Educators Convention in San Antonio.  Under his direction the Clements High School Indoor Percussion Ensemble has won the Texas Color Guard Circuit State Champion three three times. Most recently Mr. Waites conducted the Clements Band in concert at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in 2019.   

As a performer, Mr. Waites has performed both nationally and abroad as a percussionist and drumset artist.  In 2000, he was invited to tour Europe and perform at the World Drum Festival held in conjunction with the World Expo in Hannover, Germany, sharing the stage with some of the worlds most acclaimed percussionists.  

Mr. Waites currently resides in the greater Houston, Tx area with his wife Staci – who is also a music educator, his daughter - an aspiring percussionist, and their mischievous Siberian Husky, Dishka.

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