Meet the Directors

David D. Owens, Director of Bands and Orchestra

Grant County High School

Email: David.Owens@grant.kyschools.us

David D. Owens is entering his first year as the Director of Bands at Grant Co. High School, joining the faculty in July 2009.  Mr. Owens hails from Corbin, Kentucky and was a 1997 graduate of South Laurel High School in London, Kentucky.  Mr. Owens earned his Bachelor's of Music Education degree from the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky.  Mr. Owens also holds a Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Xavier University. 

In 2001 he was a member of the Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps from Lexington, Kentucky.  In the fall of 2002, Mr. Owens student taught at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, under the tutelage of Mr. Jeff Hood.  Previously, Mr. Owens was the Director of Bands at Beechwood High School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.  During his tenure there, the band received numerous awards.  They consistently rated "Distinguished" in every KMEA Concert Festival Assessment and "Superior" at the 2009 Dixie Classic National Adjudicators Invitational in St. Louis, as well as the marching band being named the Class A "State Runner-Up" in 2005, 2007, and 2008.  In 2006, the Beechwood marching band was named the KMEA Class A State Champion and BOA Class A National Champion.  In 2008, they were also named a National Semifinalist for the second time under the instruction of Mr. Owens, placing 3rd in the nation in Class A.  Mr. Owens was named "District 6 High School Teacher of the Year" for the 2005-2006 school year and again received the award in 2007-2008.  In 2006, he was awarded the University of Kentucky's College of Education "A Teacher Who Made a Difference" award and in 2007 was awarded the "Certificate of Merit for Marching Excellence" by the National Band Association.  He was also named a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Ernie Fletcher in 2005.

Mr. Owens is married to Grant Co.'s Middle School Band Director, JoAnn, and is a proud father of their  1 year old son, Grant.  They are expecting their second child in December 2009.

 

Mrs. JoAnn Owens is a 1999 graduate of Grant County High School in Dry Ridge, Kentucky.  She graduated from the University of the Cumberlands, in Williamsburg, Kentucky with a Bachelors Degree in Music Education in 2004.  Mrs. Owens completed her student teaching in the fall of 2003 with Paul Laurence Dunbar, in Lexington, Kentucky. 

Since being at Grant County, the middle school bands have received numerous awards.  In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 the middle school concert bands received consecutive Distinguished Ratings at KMEA Large Group Middle School Assessment.  Since Mrs. Owens had taken over the position as director of bands at Grant County Middle School, annual participation in the KMEA District 6 Solo and Ensemble Festival has risen from an average of ten performances to over eighty events, making Grant County the district with the largest solo and ensemble events for the past two years and the most Distinguished Ratings of any middle school program in District 6.  Mrs. Owens is currently earning her Masters Degree in Administration at Xavier University, in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Mrs. Owens is married to Grant Co.'s High School Band Director, David, and is a proud mother of their  1 year old son, Grant.  They are expecting their second child in December 2009.