With the opening of the new Tennessee Middle School in 2021, the previously blue and white Jr. Viking Band evolved into the Tennessee Middle School Viking Band. The program has more than doubled in size and continues to grow.
We continue on the path of excellence, together.
Mr. Finch and Mrs. Jennings are the teachers/directors of the Tennessee Middle School Viking Band
Mr. Spencer Finch serves as one of the directors at Tennessee Middle School. He also assists with the Mighty Viking Band at Tennessee High School of Bristol, TN.
Before his current position at TMS, Mr. Finch directed the band program at Sullivan East High School in Bluff City, TN from 2006 to 2017.
Prior to that, he taught at George Washington Community School in Indianapolis, IN from 2003 to 2006.
Mr. Finch holds a Masters of Music from the American Band College. He received his Bachelors of Music from Brigham Young University. His primary instrument is the trombone.
Mr. Michael King serves as one of the directors at Tennessee Middle School, as well as assisting at Tennessee High School.
Mr. Michael King holds a Bachelors of Music degree in Instrumental Performance, with a focus in percussion.
Mr. King also holds a Masters of Teaching degree from East Tennessee State University.
He has served as the Director of Percussion previously from 2015 to 2019 at Tennessee High School and has taught as a band director for two years in Carter County, Tennessee.
He is a member of the National Association for Music Education and the East Tennessee State Band and Orchestra Association.