June 15, 2021
T. ANDRÉ FEAGIN
Behind the music, beyond the podium
Dr. T. André Feagin serves as Director of Bands and Associate Professor in the Department of Music at Central Washington University, where he guides the educational and artistic vision of a comprehensive band program. He leads the graduate wind band conducting area and conducts both the Symphonic Band and the Wind Ensemble, the university’s premier wind band. Under his direction, the CWU Wind Ensemble has been recognized for its artistic and musical excellence with featured performances at the 2022 College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Western/Northwestern Division Conference, the 20th World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) International Conference in Gwangju, South Korea (2024); and the 2026 CBDNA Western/Northwestern Division Conference.
Dr. Feagin has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to teaching, service, and building a supportive learning environment at Central Washington University. In 2024, he received the Outstanding Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Humanities. In 2023, he was honored with two President’s Diversity Awards in both the "Faculty" and "Community" categories for his efforts to foster meaningful relationships and broaden access to opportunity within the university and the wider community. He also serves as Dean Fellow of Student Success in the College of Arts and Humanities, where his work focuses on student achievement, community engagement, and cultivating a model learning environment grounded in connection, access, and opportunity.
Prior to his appointment at CWU, Dr. Feagin held faculty positions at Colorado State University, Coastal Carolina University (SC), and the University of Texas at El Paso. His secondary teaching experience includes serving as Director of Bands at Watkins Overton High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (TN).
Dr. Feagin has appeared as a guest conductor with numerous all-state and honor bands, as well as professional ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, Central and Southwest Europe, and Southeast Asia. As a clinician and presenter, he has been invited to speak on topics including conducting, educational leadership, and broadening participation in music education at conferences and institutions across the U.S. and internationally. In 2022, he was a featured presenter at the 19th WASBE International Conference in Prague, Czech Republic.
In 2004, Dr. Feagin was one of three conductors nationally selected to perform with the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America as part of the inaugural Young Composer/Conductor Mentor Project, sponsored by the National Band Association. In 2012, he was again one of three conductors chosen nationally to perform with the United States Military Academy Band at West Point during the Association of Concert Bands National Convention. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including recognition by the Mayor and City Council of El Paso, Texas, with an official proclamation of “Professor T. André Feagin Day.” He is also a contributing author to multiple volumes of Teaching Music Through Performance in Band (GIA Publications).
Dr. Feagin holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting from the University of Arizona School of Music, where he studied with Gregg I. Hanson. His doctoral research focused on Spanish wind composer Bernardo Adam Ferrero and his work Homenaje a Joaquín Sorolla. He also holds a Master of Music degree in instrumental wind conducting from the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. Dr. Feagin is deeply grateful to the many mentors and teachers who have shaped his passion for conducting and music education. Among them are Gregg I. Hanson, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Kraig Alan Williams, Thomas Cockrell, Bruce Chamberlain, Pat Morrow, Darry Pilkington, and Sallie Vines White.
Dr. Feagin holds professional memberships in the National Association for Music Education, the College Band Directors National Association, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and the Washington Music Educators Association. He is a Patron of Mu Phi Epsilon and holds honorary memberships in both Tau Beta Sigma and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He currently serves on the Diversity and Research Committees of CBDNA and is a member of the advisory board for Emergence: Research & Performance Topics in Black Music, the scholarly publication of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc.
Dr. Feagin’s experience in Drum Corps International (DCI) and the marching arts spans more than two decades. He previously served as brass caption head for both the Santa Clara Vanguard and The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps and has also worked on the brass staffs of the Boston Crusaders and Carolina Crown. In 2007, he served as executive director and brass caption head of the Memphis Sound Drum and Bugle Corps, which won the DCI Division III World Championship. As a performing member, he spent four years as conductor of the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps. He was the recipient of the DCI Jim Jones Leadership Award in 2000 and was named DCI Division III Director of the Year in 2007. He also served on the educational staff of the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band from 2009–2015 and in 2018, leading the ensemble as head director in 2013, 2014, and 2018. Currently, he serves as an adjudicator for the nation’s top pageantry arts to include Winter Guard International and Bands of America.