Andy Johnson is the Director of Bands at Bexley High School, Middle School, as well as Montrose and Cassingham Elementary. Andy has taught in the Columbus area for 26 years, with 20 of those years at Bexley City Schools. He is a graduate from The Ohio State University earning a Bachelors in Music Education in 2000, and a Masters in Education of Administration in 2006. He is nearly complete with a second Master’s Degree in Music Education from Vandercook College. Additionally, he attended three years of training at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music where he double majored in trumpet performance and music education. Andy has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, and the former Czechoslovakian Republic. He has performed under the baton of Frederick Fennell, Mark Kelley, Francis McBeth, Myron Welch, H.Robert Reynolds and has studied conducting with Dr. Terrence Milligan from the University of Cincinnati. Andy remains an active musician in the Columbus area, and is the Assistant Director of the Aladdin Shrine Temple Band. Andy has presented in state and national band conferences including Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA), and American School Band Director Association (ASBDA). Andy, his wife Katrina, son, and two daughters live in Bexley.
Kristin Lin is the Assistant Director of Bands at Bexley High School, Middle School, and Maryland Elementary School. For seven years, Kristin served as assistant, and later, Director of Bands in Tippecanoe School Corporation in Indiana. She primarily taught 9-12 grade students and oversaw the entire band program of four concert bands, two jazz bands, marching and pep bands, and a competitive winter guard. Under her direction, the band program doubled in size with over 200 students in the band. The marching band made school history with back to back gold medal ratings with double distinctions in music and visuals. Kristin earned her Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music in 2013. In 2018, Kristin graduated with a Masters in Wind Conducting from The Ohio State University, where she worked closely with the marching band and studied under Dr. Russel C. Mikkelson. In 2025, Kristin earned second place in the prestigious Frederick Fennell Conducting Competition hosted in Modica, Sicily, Italy.