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Tim McMillen - Executive Secretary
Tim McMillen is the Performing Arts Consultant for Calcasieu Parish School Board, providing mentorship, educational, curricular, and logistical support for all music teachers in the school system. He previously served as the Director of Bands at Sulphur High School in Sulphur, LA, the Director of Bands at W.W. Lewis Middle School (where he was selected as the 2006 Teacher of the Year), and the Director of the Jazz Ensemble at McNeese State University. Since 2004, he has taught Music Business, Jazz Theory, Arranging, and Orchestration. From 2010-2017, Mr. McMillen served as the assistant director of the “Pride of McNeese” Cowboy Marching Band and conductor of the university symphonic band. Since 2010, Mr. McMillen has been the Voice of the “Pride of McNeese”. While at Sulphur High School, the award-winning Golden Tornado Marching Band program more than doubled in size, creating the need to create two additional concert bands, an additional jazz band, and two additional competitive color guard units.
Prior to his career as a music educator, Mr. McMillen served as an arranger and trombonist in the United States Air Force band program (3-time “Airman of the Quarter” selectee), where his music was featured on numerous Air Force Band recordings and performed throughout the world. He has written over 350 commissioned arrangements and original compositions for orchestra, concert, jazz, and marching bands, including orchestral arrangements for the Holiday Notes From Home series on the Great American Country channel and the Armed Forces Network, with works for artists Clay Walker and Little Big Town as well as custom arrangements featuring Wynonna, Josh Turner, Diamond Rio, and HLN’s Robin Meade. His original jazz compositions are published with UNC Jazz Press.
Tim is also an active performer and is the lead trombonist with Kris Berg’s Metroplexity Big Band in Dallas, TX. As a performer he has been privileged to share the studio with the likes of Wayne Bergeron, Eric Marienthal, Phil Woods, Denis DiBlasio, Clay Jenkins, Chris Vadala, and the stage with The Temptations, The Four Tops, Percy Sledge, Marie Osmond, Natalie Cole, Allen Vizzutti, and Arturo Sandoval among others, along with regular appearances with the O’Jays. He has performed with the Dallas Jazz Orchestra, The Collection Jazz Orchestra, the Dayton Jazz Orchestra, and the Lake Charles Jazz Band. His performances have brought him to Germany, Switzerland, Canada, and Romania, as well as more than half of the states in America. Mr. McMillen holds a B.M. from McNeese State University, and a M.M. from the University of North Texas, where his original compositions can be heard on the One O'clock Lab 90 and Lab 91 recordings. While a graduate student at the University of North Texas he served as the Teaching Assistant in Jazz Arranging and was a member of the Downbeat-Award-Winning Two O'clock Lab Band. Tim is also the trombonist with the Bayou Jazz Kings Dixieland Band, and second trombonist with the Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. McMillen has studied trombone with Steve Wolfinbarger, Susan Smith, Michael Ewald, William Rose, and Vern Kagarice. His arranging instructor and mentor was Paris Rutherford. His jazz education was fueled by Rick Condit, Mike Steinel, Jim Riggs, and Neil Slater. His professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education, JEN (Jazz Education Network), the International Trombone Association, the Louisiana Music Educators Association, The Louisiana Music Adjudicators Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Music Fraternity. He is also a BMI affiliate. Tim is married to Rebecca McMillen and has two children, Gabby, a veterinary assistant, and Mathew, who is the Director of Bands at Sulphur High School. When he used to have free time, Tim enjoyed fishing and working on cars. He is now just happy to get to cook out occasionally.
