Ms. Davis

Nicole Davis is an assistant band director at Vandegrift High School. She is a multi-instrumentalist who plays flute, bassoon, and high brass instruments as her primaries. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Education degree from Middle Tennessee State University, where she studied with Gil Perel.

Ms. Davis has an extensive background in Drum Corps International.. From 2013 to 2017, she performed as a member of the hornline with Music City, Spirit of Atlanta, Phantom Regiment, Blue Knights, and the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps. After aging out, she joined the visual staff at the Mandarins, where she taught from 2018 to 2022. She currently serves on the visual staff at the Bluecoats, where she has taught since 2023. In addition to drum corps, she performed with the Rhythm X Percussion visual ensemble during the 2017 and 2018 WGI seasons before returning as a visual instructor for the 2019 season.

Before joining Vandegrift, Ms. Davis taught at Robert E. Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville, Texas. There, she helped the marching band maintain its success as a consistent 5A Area D Champion, coordinated fall productions alongside her colleagues, directed the Symphonic Winds, and led one of the school’s two jazz bands. Prior to Hendrickson, she taught at Haltom High School in the DFW Metroplex and Pasadena Memorial High School in the Houston area.

Beyond the classroom, Ms. Davis is an active drill writer, choreographer, adjudicator, and clinician throughout the United States and Canada. In her free time, she enjoys running, dancing, traveling, cooking, playing frisbee with her two dogs, and spending time with friends.