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Phone: 704-260-6660, 76677
Email:
Degrees and Certifications:
MAT, UNC-Chapel Hill (2001)BM, UNC-Chapel Hill (2000)National Board Certification, Early Adolescence Music (2010, renewed 2019)
Mr. Drew Carter
Drew Carter is excited in his sixth year as the Director of Bands at Jay M. Robinson High School. For the previous six years, he was the director of bands at CC Griffin Middle School and assistant director of bands at Central Cabarrus High School, where his bands received numerous Superior Ratings at various music festivals throughout the Southeast.
Prior to his appointments in Cabarrus County, he held the position of Director of Bands at Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, NC from 2005-2010. There, his responsibilities included directing the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Band, Marching Band, and Pit Orchestra, in addition to overseeing the jazz combo program. During his tenure at CHHS, the concert and marching bands, as well as the percussion ensemble, received numerous Superior ratings at District Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) events in Levels IV, V, and VI.
Prior to teaching at CHHS, Mr. Carter was the Director of Bands at West Alexander Middle School in Taylorsville, NC from 2003-2005, where his teaching responsibilities included 6th Grade Beginning Band, 7th Grade Intermediate Band, and 8th Grade Advanced Band.
Mr. Carter also directs the Charlotte Concert Band, a band made up of professional and dedicated amateur wind and percussion players. They perform regularly throughout the academic year at various locations in Charlotte (www.charlotteconcertband.org).
Mr. Carter earned his National Board Certification in Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood in November of 2010, and admittance into the American School Band Directors Association in 2016. He has studied conducting with Prof. Daniel Cook, Prof. Eugene Corporon, Dr. Travis Cross, Dr. Tim Robblee, Dr. Mallory Thompson, Dr. Andrew Trachsel, Dr. Michael Votta, and Dr. Eric Wilson.
Mr. Carter received his Bachelor of Arts in Music (horn performance) from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000. He received his Master of Arts in Teaching from UNC-CH in 2001. He also has had additional conducting studies with Prof. Eugene Corporon, Dr. Donald Hunsberger, and Dr. Mark Scatterday, and Dr. Mallory Thompson.
He is married to his wonderful and supportive wife of sixteen years, Mandy. They live in Cabarrus County with their two sons, Van and Levi.
For more information about the Robinson Band Program, please visit the Robinson Band Boosters webpage at www.bandsofrobinson.com
Link for 2nd Semester Teams Meeting for Curriculum Night, 2/23/22
Symphonic Band: 6:00-6:15
Concert Band: 6:15-6:30
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3aZjTuw6V2y1KLa6AfFkX3cYhPXdDEkO6ZGPJxIpEU0tw1%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=eff776d8-97c8-49ff-a20a-2ec11171ccb2&tenantId=178c106c-10fc-4324-b3d3-e64981c95ca9
Join the Remind! Text @e72e9 to the Number 81010
Important FAQ for the beginning of the year:
Usernames and Passwords
Chromebook and Canvas
Here is the username and password for logging into your school issued Chromebook and Canvas (remember to click on the Canvas icon on the JMRHS webpage to log in).
First initial, last name, last 4 digits of student ID number
asmith5678
Password is your student ID number.
Student Email
Here is the username and password to log into your student Office365 (email) account.
First initial, last name, last 4 digits of student ID number @cabarrus.k12.nc.us
Password is your student ID number.
Student Google
Here is the username and password to log into your student Google account.
First initial, last name, last 4 digits of student ID number @st.cabarrus.k12.nc.us
asmith5678@st.cabarrus.k12.nc.us
Password is your student ID number.
Fall Semester
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Fall Schedule1st Period 7:15-8:40 Beginning Band (Concert Band)8:45-9:15 WIN2nd Period 9:20-10:45 Symphonic Band ClassPlanning and Lunch 10:50-12:404th Period 12:45-2:15 Percussion Ensemble
Spring Semeter
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Spring 20231st Period 7:15-8:40 Beginning Band (Concert Band)WIN 8:45-9:152nd Period 9:20-10:45 Symphonic Band3rd Period and Lunch 10:50-12:40 Middle School4th Period 12:45-2:15 Planning