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Our History
Harris Road Middle school opened its doors on August 4, 2002, with 780 students, 56 certified staff members, and 35 support staff. Since it's grand opening, HRMS has continued to grow and has become an example of outstanding academic success.
Currently, Harris Road serves over 1400 students and remains one of the highest performing middle schools in the state and #1 in growth in Cabarrus County. In 2016, Harris Road was named a Global Ready School and in 2017 it was named Model School.
The Harris Road Band program consists of three bands: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced, and serves on average 400 students. Each band performs in concert a minimum of two times a year and travels to at least one competition. Our belief is that all students should be provided the opportunity to learn a musical instrument if they have a desire to do so. We are not an audition-based band, but rather, we accept all and teach all. There is a high level of standards and expectations within our program. We believe in not only teaching music, but in teaching leadership, dedication, perseverance, and spirit; in essence, we believe in developing the whole student. There has been a long and continuous tradition of excellence within the band program since the school’s inception in 2002 bringing home Superior ratings and first place rankings every year. This is a tradition we will continue to uphold.
Meet the Directors!
Leah Pfeiffer
Leah Pfeiffer, a native of Lansing, NC, received her Bachelor of Science in Music Education in 2011 from Elon University. Following graduation, she taught beginning through advanced chorus at North Gaston High School in Gaston County, NC. After a year at North Gaston, Mrs. Pfeiffer moved to Rowan County where she taught beginning through advanced band at Corriher-Lipe Middle School until 2018. During her time at Corriher-Lipe, Mrs. Pfeiffer grew the band program by 300% and earned the school their first Superior at the North Carolina Music Performance Adjudications in over thirty years. In 2017, she further had the honor of being selected as the 2017-2018 Teacher of the year.
During her time at Harris Road, Mrs. Pfeiffer had the honor of being selected as the 2018 recipient of the ASBDA Edgar Q. Rooker Encore Award. In 2021 Mrs. Pfeiffer helped found the North Carolina chapter of Women Band Directors International serving as the Vice President, while also becoming a National Board Certified Teacher. Mrs. Pfeiffer loves to work with new teachers and serves as a mentor through the North Carolina Music Educators Association, and currently serves as the middle school’s MPA representative for the South-Central Bandmaster’s Association. She currently holds professional associations with the National Association for Music Educators, the North Carolina Music Educators Associations, Women Band Director’s International, and the South-Central District Bandmaster’s Association.
Mrs. Pfeiffer resides in Charlotte with her Husband, Josh, and children, Nolan and Graham.
Briana Hobbs
Mrs. Hobbs is from Greenville, SC. She graduated with her Bachelor of Music Education from Winthrop University in 2020. While attending Winthrop, she performed at the North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conference at the University of Cincinnati and the South Carolina Jazz Festival at the Dizzy Gillespie Homesite Park.
She has taught 5th- 6th grade band at York Preparatory Academy in Rock Hill, SC, and 6th- 8th grade band and percussion classes at W. A. Perry Middle School in Columbia, SC.
Mrs. Hobbs has recently moved to Union County with her husband Ryan and their 2 cats.
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