Brad Laibly, Director of Bands at Hartland High School, has worked for Hartland Consolidated Schools since 2005. He became the High School director in 2014 and has led the growth of the Marching Eagles to over 250 members. He brings a fresh and vibrant approach to the marching field as well as refined excellence to the students within two cadet bands, concert band, symphonic band, wind symphony, and three jazz ensembles. He endears himself to students and parents alike by choosing current music that is contagiously elating and infectiously catchy.
Allison Laibly in 2024, became the newest instructor of the 7th and 8th-grade bands at Hartland Middle School at Ore Creek and continues her role as assistant marching band instructor at the high school. She has worked in Hartland since 2002 and joined the High School marching program in 2014. With a strong background in woodwinds, she enhances the staff with her generous spirit and boundless energy.
Amy Tennis is the newest staff member of Hartland Bands, serving as an Assistant Marching Band Director. In 2024, Amy joined Farms Intermediate as the Director of Bands for 5th and 6th-grade students. Before joining Hartland, Amy spent 11 years in the Carman-Ainsworth School District, where she held various roles, including Fine Arts Coordinator, Director of Middle School Bands, and Assistant Marching Band Director for the High School’s Blue Brigade. Before her time at Carman-Ainsworth, Amy was the Director of Instrumental and Vocal Music at St. John Vianney in Flint, MI.
Laura Moore is our newest staff member, becoming the Colorguard instructor for the high school marching band for the 2021 season. A Hartland alumni, she is excited to be back in a leadership role and be involved with the band again. Let's go Marching Eagles!
Jack Tallman is a music educator and performer hailing from Jackson, Michigan. Jack has been a percussionist since he was twelve years old, in addition to studying voice and drum set. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a minor in Jazz Studies from Michigan State University. While at MSU, Jack performed as a member of the Michigan State Drumline, Salsa Verde salsa ensemble, Spartan Brass, MSU Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale, Percussion Ensemble, Mbira Ensemble, and more. Jack has performed globally in Taiwan, where the MSU Taiwan Percussion Ensemble won the TPAA World Championship in 2019. Jack has also performed with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and Hillsdale College Percussion Ensemble.
Jack currently teaches multiple high school percussion programs and drumlines in the Jackson, Ann Arbor, and Metro Detroit areas. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Percussion at Jackson College where he teaches the JC Drumline. Jack maintains a private lesson studio, and his students have gone on to perform in top ensembles such as the MSU Drumline and Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps.
Jack is a proud member of the Vic Firth Education Team.