Wayne Markworth

Adjunct Instructor, Marching Band Techniques

M373 Creative Arts Center
(937)775-3495
wayne.markworth@wright.edu

Adjunct instructor in marching band techniques and jazz pedagogy

Wayne Markworth was Director of Bands at Centerville High School in Ohio for 35 years. He also served as Fine Arts Coordinator for the Centerville City Schools for five years and High School Music Department Chair for twenty years. During his tenure the Centerville Band program involved over 250 students including three concert bands, three jazz ensembles, marching band, and Winter Guard and Percussion. They received consistent superior ratings and awards and the Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensembles, and Marching Band performed at OMEA state conventions. Wayne developed the marching band, known nationally as "The Centerville Jazz Band", into a unique and entertaining ensemble of 200 members that performed an all-jazz format on the field. They were finalists in Bands of America Regionals and Grand Nationals 57 times, with 14 regional championships and the 1992 Grand Nationals Championship.

Wayne received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Indiana University and a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University. He studied trumpet with Vincent Cichowicz of the Chicago Symphony and performed for four years as principal trumpet with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. He studied conducting with Fred Ebbs and John Paynter and Jazz Pedagogy with Jerry Coker and David Baker.

Wayne has been a consultant, arranger and instructor for many bands and drum corps. His articles have appeared in national music publications and he has presented many clinics and workshops for students, directors and adjudicators on such topics as brass performance, the total band program, stress and performance, contemporary music and general effect in the marching band. He has taught music classes and workshops at the college level as well, including Miami University, Wright State University, University of Akron, University of Nebraska and the University of Dayton.  In 1992, Wayne received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Dayton-Montgomery County Public Education Foundation and in 2000 received the Centerville Education Foundation Teacher of the Year Award. In recognition of his 35 years of service, he was selected the Grand Marshall of the 2005 Centerville Americana Parade. In 2007, he was inducted into the Bands of America Hall of Fame.  Wayne is an active clinician, adjudicator, arranger and trumpet performer and president of the music & consulting business Shadow Lake Music. He is currently adjunct faculty at Wright State University and is the author of The Dynamic Marching Band, a textbook on marching band techniques. Wayne is the Director of WGI Winds.