Director of Bands

Mr. Taylor Van Bibber has served as Director of Bands at Weber High School since 2024, maintaining and building upon the great 100 year's of history at Weber High. Under his tenure, Weber High has seen a growth in all ensembles and excellent and superior ratings at festival. 

Mr. Van Bibber teachers the Wind Ensemble, the Alley Cats Jazz Band, the Concert Band, the Percussion Ensemble, and the Weber High School Marching Band. 

Prior to taking over at Weber High School, Mr. Van Bibber taught band and orchestra for 5 years at South Ogden Junior High School. During those five years, South Ogden's instrumental music program grow by over 75% and saw superior scores are festival ever year. He also had the pleasure of working on staff with the Bonneville High School Drumline. 

Born and raised in Weber County, Mr. Van Bibber graduated with his undergraduate degree in Music Education from the Univeristy of Utah.  He later went on to receive a Masters in Music, Music Technology from Southern Utah Universtiy. 

Outside of the classroom, Mr. Van Bibber loves spending time with his wife, Mckenna, and their two dogs, Tonks & Minerva.  He enjoys camping in the summer and  skiing in the winter. Mr. Van Bibber and his wife also run a successful Wedding Planning and Decor business that keeps him very busy.

Mr. Van Bibber is a current memeber of the Utah Music Educators Association (UMEA) and the Utah Bandmasters Assocation (UBA). 

Assistant Director of the Weber High Marching Band

Mr. Matheson has been teaching band, choir, and orchestra at Snowcrest junior high since 2024. During that time, every music class has grown and students are getting excited about taking multiple music classes. He also enjoys working as a staff member with the Weber High Bands.

Born and raised in Weber county, Kendrick is an alumnus of Weber High and was an active member of the band program as a student. After graduating high school, he went to Utah State University to study music and also spent a season marching with the Battalion Drum and Bugle Corps. He was an active member of the USU band program, playing in the concert, pep, and marching bands, serving as a drum major in the latter. He received his undergraduate degree in Music Education before coming to teach at Snowcrest and help at Weber High.

Besides making music, Kendrick enjoys spending time baking, exercising (mostly to burn off the calories he eats from his baking), and cuddling with his dogs.

Kendrick is a current member of the Utah Music Educators Association (UMEA).

Assistant Director of the Weber High Marching Band

Ms. Shinney has been teaching since 2023, starting at Snowcrest Junior High, and moving to Orion Junior High where she’s been since 2024. In her time as a teacher, each program she’s overseen has grown by at least 80% each year. At Orion, she has overseen the creation of Jazz Band at Orion, and has elevated the band program to be receiving superior scores at festival. She loves being a staff member with the Weber High Bands, and has been since 2023. 

She was also born and raised in Weber County, but eventually moved and went to school in Box Elder, where she participated in the Marching Band and was the Drum Major. After high school, she went to Southern Utah University to study Music Education to become a band director, something she’d been dreaming of since she was in junior high. While pursuing education at SUU, she was an active member of the SUU Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and a proud member of the Orchestra of Southern Utah. Her time at SUU led her to student teaching at Roy High School, eventually leading her back home in the Weber School District. 

Besides making and teaching music, Ms. Shinney also loves spending time with her dog Magnum, hiking, snowboarding, visiting Southern Utah, camping, atv riding, boating, and binge watching a good TV show. Ms. Shinney also has a passion for Crocs, Coca-Cola, Disney, and the color purple. 

Ms. Shinney was able to participate as a member of the Saluting America’s Band Directors Marching Band in the 2026 Rose Parade. It was a very rainy and very long parade, but Ms. Shinney was so excited to be involved in a marching band, as a marcher again. 

Ms. Shinney is a current member of the Utah Music Educators Association (UMEA) and the Utah Bandmasters Association (UBA.)