Gary Fagan

Gary Fagan is a Maryland native whose music has been performed internationally, including the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the White House, and at the inauguration ceremony of former Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder. He holds an undergraduate degree from Bridgewater College in Music Education and a masters degree from James Madison University. He retired after a 36-year career as a band director in Albemarle County and currently serves as a University Supervisor at JMU, where he has also served as an adjunct faculty member teaching arranging.

Mr. Fagan was elected Central Virginia Outstanding Middle School Teacher by the University of Virginia Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, received an Outstanding Educator Award from the Virginia Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts, and was recognized with the Outstanding Educator Award from the Piedmont Council of the Arts. He has also been twice listed in “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.”

He is active in the Music Educators National Conference and the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association. He is also a member of ASCAP, Phi Beta Mu Bandmasters Fraternity, and the National Band Association. He is currently a percussionist with the Charlottesville Band, where he also serves as Assistant Director. He is active as a band clinician and adjudicator in addition to composing and arranging for band and string orchestra.