Georgia Kate Shelton
Director of Bands
Georgia Kate Shelton is in her fourth year teaching, with this being her first year as the Director of Bands at Millbrook High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. She recently graduated from East Carolina University with her Master’s Degree in Music with a Concentration in Wind Conducting. She studied under Dr. Bill Staub, Director of Bands and was also the graduate assistant for the ECU Athletic Bands under Dr. Joe Busuito. She rehearsed and led a number of ensembles at ECU, including the Basketball Pep Band, Marching Pirates, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, wind chamber groups, clarinet choir, and trombone choir. Mrs. Shelton is a member of the National Association for Music Education, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society and Tau Beta Sigma National Marching Band Sorority.
Mrs. Shelton received her Bachelor’s degree with cum laude from East Carolina University in Music Education, studying clarinet under Dr. Douglas Moore-Monroe. She was a leader and drum major of the ECU Marching Pirates and was nominated for Student Teacher of the Year in 2020. After earning her Bachelor’s degree, she became the Director of Bands at Triton High School in Erwin, NC. At Triton High School, she led the marching band, concert band, and jazz band. She successfully managed to grow the band to more than triple in size from 12 when she arrived to 45 signed up for marching band and 60 signed up for concert band when she left. She taught the students the meaning of band and what it is like to work as a team. She introduced the students to several opportunities such as UNC Pembroke Honor Bands, All District Honor Band, Music Performance Adjudication, Festival of Music at Carowinds and Kings Dominion, and several marching band competitions. She taught there for three years before returning to ECU for her Master’s Degree.
Mrs. Shelton is excited to start working with students and staff at Millbrook High School. She is organized, hard-working, and dedicated to what she does. She also loves playing and recording music with her family; in addition to playing clarinet, Mrs. Shelton plays guitar, sings, and performs bluegrass music with her mother and family friends. When she is not busy with band, she enjoys spending time with her husband Jesse Shelton, Band Director at Midway High School (whenever they can successfully see each other!).
Dustin Lewis
Instructor & Composer
Dustin Lewis is a Composer and Educator with a focus in percussion. He received his bachelor’s degree in Music Composition from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he studied under Dr. Mark Engebretson, Dr. Alejandro Rutty, and Dr. Eric Willie. During his time at UNCG he organized, rehearsed, and conducted a fifty minute recital of fully original music. As a member of the William Mason High School Marching Band, he has had multiple finalist performances at the Bands of America Grand National Championships, and has also performed with the UNCG Percussion ensemble at the Percussive Arts Society International Conference. Dustin is also a proud member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Dustin has taught marching percussion for two years, with his first year at Eastern Alamance High School. At Millbrook, Dustin has instructed the percussion section of the marching band, directed the combined Sanderson-Millbrook winter percussion, and assisted the percussion ensemble, wind ensemble, and symphonic band classes. With a focus on both high expectations and patient encouragement, Dustin has led Millbrook percussion to a podium finish at the Athletic Indoor Association Championships.
Dustin is in his tenth year composing music, and is proud to write for the Millbrook High School Marching Band. He has written music for the winter percussion program, as well as the percussion ensemble class. Other compositions of his include various media soundtracks, full and chamber orchestra pieces, as well as concert band and chamber group pieces.