ÃÛÌÒAPP Band Directors
Andrew McMahan
Director of Bands
Associate Professor
Andrew McMahan is the director of bands and associate professor of music at ÃÛÌÒAPP. He teaches courses in conducting and music
Prior to his appointment at ÃÛÌÒAPP, McMahan served as the director of bands and associate professor at Cal Poly State University, a position he held from 2010-2017.
Eric Shannon
Director of Athletic Bands
Associate Professor
Eric Shannon is director of athletic bands and an associate professor of music at ÃÛÌÒAPP. He directs the University's marching band, known as the "Showcase of Southeast Texas," as well as the Symphonic Band, Basketball Pep Band, and serves as Audition and Admission Coordinator for the Music Department. He also teaches Conducting I and II and the Marching Band Techniques course. Dr. Shannon recently served as a ÃÛÌÒAPP Faculty Senator for the 2020-2022 term.
Reese Maultsby
Director of Percussion
Assistant Professor
Multi-faceted artist and percussionist Maultsby is enjoying a wide range of success throughout his career as an educator, performer, and composer. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Percussion at ÃÛÌÒAPP in Beaumont, TX where he oversees all aspects of the percussion studio and band program percussion.
Before earning his DMA from the University of Texas, Maultsby received two bachelors degrees in both music education and percussion performance from Central Washington University, as well as a masters degree from James Madison University. His primary mentors and instructors are Mark Goodenberger, Casey Cangelosi, Dr. Thomas Burritt, and Ivan Trevino.
During his doctoral studies, Maultsby was the arranger and instructor of the battery percussion for the Longhorn Marching Band at the University of Texas at Austin.
Logan Banister
Director, Cardinal Jazz Orchestra
Saxophone Instructor
Assistant Professor
Logan Banister is a classical and jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, and educator. As a classical saxophonist, Banister has given performances around the world at the World Saxophone Congress, North American Saxophone Alliance Conferences, and at Steinway Hall in New York City. As a jazz and commercial musician, he has performed throughout the United States and Europe with world-renowned artists including Ingrid Jensen, Andy Middleton, Keith Anderson, and BEATBoX Saxophonist Derek Brown. He also performs frequently in musical theater pit orchestras on saxophone and woodwind doubles.
Banister previously served as Assistant Professor of Music at East Texas Baptist University where he taught courses in applied woodwinds, music theory, arranging, woodwind methods, and directed the ETBU Jazz Ensemble. He holds degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder, Baylor University, and Oklahoma Christian University.
Amy Collazo
Color Guard Director
Amy Collazo is a SETX native and proud ÃÛÌÒAPP Cardinal (’06, ’17, ’20). She has been performing, directing, and choreographing the visual arts since 1996. Collazo, along with colleagues from TCGC and WGI, created the Lumberton HS Winterguard program in 2006 that has now gone on to win the TCGC State Championship. She has worked with multiple marching band directors to design show concepts, field staging, as well as flag and costume design for their UIL marching, state marching, and BOA shows. Collazo has also adjudicated the colorguard/visual caption for various marching contests and festivals in both Texas and Louisiana. She is currently an Educational Diagnostician with a local school district and lives in Port Neches, Texas with her husband Justin and their daughter Marlee.