Meet the Directors

Katherine Engle, Head Choir Director

Email: kengle@dentonisd.org

Katherine Engle is excited to be in her 12th year of teaching and her seventh year as the head choir director at Guyer High School.  Choirs under Ms. Engle’s direction have consistently earned Superior ratings at UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Contest.  She has had 25 students earn a place in the TMEA All State Choir.  In 2024, Ms. Engle was the soprano section leader for the TMEA Mixed All State Choir.  Prior to serving as the head choir director at Guyer, she served as the Associate Director of Choirs at Byron Nelson High School and the Northwest ISD Middle School Musical Music Director.  In her five years at Byron Nelson, each high school musical received multiple nominations in local DFW competitions. In 2018, Ms. Engle won Best Musical Direction in the Dallas Summer Musicals High School Musical Theatre Awards for the Byron Nelson musical production of The Addams Family. 

Ms. Engle holds a Bachelors of Music in Music Education from Oklahoma State University where she studied under Dr. Z. Randall Stroope and a Masters in Music Education from the University of North Texas. She has enjoyed traveling around the world performing with choirs in 9 different countries and places such as Notre Dame Cathedral, Carnegie Hall, Notre Dame Basilica of Montreal, and St. John’s College in Cambridge, England.

Ms. Engle is a native Texan, born and raised in Fort Worth where she attended North Crowley High School.  She was very active in the choir program and was a 3-Year Texas All State Choir member.

In her spare time, Katherine enjoys hiking in the mountains, traveling, and spending time with her family and friends. She is a member of the New American Voices choir and teaches the sopranos at the summer TWU All State Choir Camp.

Katherine is a member of TMEA and TMAA.

Marquis McBride, Assistant Choir Director

Email: mmcbride3@dentonisd.org

Marquis Xavier McBride will be starting his first year of teaching at Guyer High School. He is overjoyed to be a Wildcat and to continue building upon the legacy of excellence. While pursuing his degrees Mr. McBride ran a private voice studio. Past students of his have placed in the TMEA All-State Choirs as well as SWACDA and ACDA Honor Choirs. Mr. McBride’s love for music is not only limited to choir, but he also has served as Music Director and Conductor for musicals in the DFW Metroplex. Majority of his work has been done with Centerstage Theatreworks where he music directed Seussical(2022), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee(2023), Something Rotten!(2023), and Alice by Heart(2024). He was also the Music Director and Pit Conductor for Dreamgirls(2024) at Theatre Denton. Mr. McBride is currently serving as the Assistant Director of Music at The McKinney First Baptist Church.

Mr. McBride is a recent graduate of the University of North Texas where he obtained a Bachelor of Music in Music Education as well as a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance. During his time at UNT he served in many leadership roles. Some of those positions include Vocal Studies Ambassador for the Deans Advisory Council, ACDA Chapter Secretary, and A Cappella Choir President. While serving as President of the UNT A Cappella Choir they competed in the 19th International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf, Bavaria, Germany. They went on to be the 1st Prize Winners as well as receiving the Walter & Charlotte Hamel Foundation prize for ‘particularly outstanding and characteristic vocal presentation and flexibility of vocal style’. 

Mr. McBride was born and raised in the DFW Metroplex. Having attended Princeton High School where he was an active member of the choir, theatre, and speech & debate departments. He was also a 4-year Texas All-State Choir Member.

Mr. McBride is an avid lover of outdoor roller skating at his favorite park. He also enjoys reading books and spending time with his nephew.