HIGHLANDER BAND - Key Persons

DANNY MARTINEZ

Job Titles:
  • Color Guard Director, Highland Park ISD
Danny Martinez has been a colorguard educator for more than 25 years, and has taught and choreographed for many schools throughout the United States. Those units include Springtown, Crowley, The Colony, Lake Highlands and Highland Park, among others. He also has Independent Winterguard teaching experience with units such as Ars Nova "A" and director of the 2011 WGI Bronze medalist White Gold. In his time as a colorguard educator, Danny has taught a variety of skill and age levels. From elementary and middle school programs to independent color guards, he has shared his passion for the activity and understands the importance of each and every level and looks forward to working with these groups again from his new role on the board. Danny has served on the NTCA Executive Board from 2009-2014, and was elected president for three of those years. Danny is a member of the NTCA Hall of Fame as well as the Black Gold Hall of Fame.

Daren Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Director of Bands for Highland Park High School
Daren Jordan serves as Director of Bands for Highland Park High School, and leads the award-winning Highlander Band and the Highland Park Wind Symphony. Prior to joining the team at Highland Park, Mr. Jordan served as the Director of Bands at George Ranch High School in Lamar Consolidated ISD from 2010 to 2022. Under his leadership, the George Ranch HS band program, which competes in UIL Conference 6A, earned the Sweepstakes Award every year and advanced to the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Honor and Area levels multiple times, and to the Area Marching Contest every year it was eligible.

LISA STILES

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Bands
Lisa Stiles comes to Highland Park through a 28-year career that has spanned middle school and high school band and orchestra instruction. She has worked in districts such as Cypress Fairbanks, Lamar Consolidated, Katy and Fort Bend. Lisa served as President of Region 13 for three years and is an active clinician, adjudicator for TMAA and is a member of TMEA, TBA, ATPE and Phi Beta Mu Service Fraternity.