Ryan Alexander is currently a band director for the Lake Hamilton School District. In addition, he also directs all percussion studies for the district. He holds a Master's degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) and a Bachelor's degree in Music Education, also from UCA. Mr. Alexander's marching percussion experience includes marching and later teaching with the Delta Brigade Drum and Bugle Corps, marching in the UCA Band, and later teaching and arranging for the UCA Drumline as a graduate assistant. Mr. Alexander has performed at Carnegie Hall with the UCA Wind Ensemble, in Sweden with the UCA Graduate Percussion Trio, and with the Conway Symphony Orchestra, Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra, and UCA Percussion Ensembles. He is an endorsing artist for Vic Firth and Sabian. He is happily married to Bethany, a Language Arts teacher at LHMS, and they are expecting their first child.