Mr. Deary

Trevor Deary is the Percussion Director at Vandegrift High School and Four Points Middle School in Austin, Texas. He previously was the Assistant Percussion Director at Vandegrift from 2022-2025, and his duties include coordinating the front ensemble in the marching band, teaching private lessons, and coaching concert percussion ensembles at Vandegrift High School and Four Points Middle School. Under his direction, the Vandegrift High School Percussion Ensemble was selected to perform at the 2024 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, and he served as a clinician at the 2024 TBA Convention. During his time on staff, the Vandegrift Band won the Texas 6A State Championship in 2022 and 2023, and the 2023 BOA San Antonio Super Regional Competition.

Trevor is currently on the percussion staff of the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps. He has previously been on staff with Rhythmic Force Indoor Percussion (2024), the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps (2023–2024), the Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps (2022), and the Music City Drum and Bugle Corps (2020–2022). While with the Vanguard Cadets, the corps won the DCI Open Class Championship and the award for Best Percussion Performance. As a DCI performer, he was a member of the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps in 2017 and the Santa Clara Vanguard in 2018 and 2019. During his time with Santa Clara Vanguard, he received a DCI World Championship title and two Fred Sanford Awards for Best Percussion.

Trevor earned a Master’s degree in Percussion Performance from the University of North Texas (2019–2021), where he studied with Mark Ford, Christopher Deane, and Paul Rennick. While attending UNT, he performed with the Wind Symphony, Percussion Ensemble, Gamelan Ensemble, and Brazilian Ensemble. During his graduate studies, he had the opportunity to perform with the UNT Percussion Ensemble at the TMEA Convention in 2020. Trevor received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Texas Christian University (2015–2019), where he performed with the TCU Percussion Orchestra, Steel Band, Wind Symphony, Symphony Orchestra, and Marching Band. While at TCU, he had the privilege of performing in a showcase concert with the TCU Percussion Orchestra at PASIC in 2015.

Trevor’s professional affiliations include the Percussive Arts Society, Texas Music Educators Association, and Kappa Kappa Psi. He currently resides in Cedar Park, Texas, and is proudly endorsed by Sabian and Innovative Percussion Inc.