Brandt McKinzey is entering his third year at Joshua and eighth year of teaching overall. Before coming to Joshua, he worked in East Texas and West Texas. Having graduated from Mansfield High school, he was excited about the opportunity to move back closer to home and see his family more.
Mr. McKinzey is a fanatic for the local DFW sports teams, most notably The Rangers and Mavericks. He is still financially recovering from attending too many Ranger games during their championship run. Outside of sports and band, he loves to do things outside when it isn’t 100+ degrees, but he is also incredibly skilled at staying in and watching tv or playing video games with his friends.
In addition to working with Joshua’s band program, Mr. McKinzey enjoys playing his horn and listening to music of all kinds. Around Christmas and Easter time, it can be guaranteed that he will not have free time while he plays at local churches around DFW. In addition to playing the horn as often as he can, Mr. McKinzey also enjoys writing drill for a few programs around the state and follows the DCI community actively as well. 

Mr. McKinzey cannot wait to get year three with Joshua going and see what’s next for the SOJ!

Trent Fox is a 2005 graduate of Joshua High School and alumni of the Spirit of Joshua Band. He received his Bachelor's of Music Composition from West Texas A&M University in 2011, and his teaching certification from Southwestern Adventist University in 2012. 

Mr. Fox is entering his 14th year of teaching at Joshua ISD and his 12th year as the Director of Percussion. 

Mr. Fox is a member of the Texas Music Educator's Association, American Society of Composers Authors, and Publishers, Percussive Arts Society, is the Class A Representative for the North Texas Colorguard Association Steering Committee, and plays drumset on the worship team at LifeGate Church in Burleson. 

Mr. Fox is married to his high school sweetheart (also Spirit of Joshua alumni) and wife of 16 years, Cameron Fox, and has 3 children, Willow (7), Clover (4), and Woodsen (2). 

Kara Cockerham is a proud 2012 Graduate of Joshua ISD and an alumni of SOJ and Essence Colorguard. After graduating from JHS, she attended UT Arlington and received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology. She continued her education by attaining a Dance Teaching Certificate in order to bring colorguard to the classroom at Joshua ISD.

Ms. Cockerham continued her colorguard performance career after graduating JHS by performing and competing with World Class organizations in Winter Guard International and Drum Corps International from 2013-2017. Before returning to Joshua ISD as the Colorguard Director in 2016, she taught at various districts in the area since 2012 as well as teaching indepedent organizations in WGI and DCI from 2017-2020. She has recently taken on a larger role for the North Texas Colorguard Association as the Steering Committee Chairman to gain more knowledge as a colorguard director.