In addition to his appointment in the Department of Music, Dr. Feagin serves as Dean Fellow of Student Success in the College of Arts and Humanities, where his programming and mentorship focus on student academic success, community engagement, and fostering a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. He is currently a member of the College of Arts and Humanities Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Committee, where he previously served as chair for two terms.

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Prior to his appointment at CWU, he served on the music faculties of Colorado State University, Coastal Carolina University (SC), and the University of Texas at El Paso. His secondary teaching experience include serving as Director of Bands at Watkins Overton High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (TN).

 

Dr. Feagin has appeared as a conductor with numerous All-state, honor bands, and professional bands and orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, Central and Southwest Europe, and Southeast Asia. As a clinician/presenter, he has been invited to speak on conducting, diversity and inclusivity in music education, and leadership at numerous music educators’ conferences across the United States and around the globe. In 2022 he presented at the WASBE international conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

 

In 2004, Dr. Feagin was one of three nationally selected conductors to perform with the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America in the inaugural Young Composer/Conductors Mentor Project sponsored by the National Band Association. In 2012, he was one of three nationally selected conductors to perform with the United States Academy Band at West Point during the Association of Concert Bands National Convention. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including twice a national finalist in the professional/college wind band division of the American Prize contest. In 2011, he was honored with a proclamation of “Professor T. André Feagin Day” from the Mayor and City Council of El Paso, Texas. Dr. Feagin has served as a teacher resource guide contributing author in four volumes of the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series (GIA Publications). 

 

Dr. Feagin holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting from the University of Arizona School of Music where he was a student of Gregg I. Hanson. His doctoral research studies Spanish wind composer Bernardo Adam Ferrero and his wind composition Homenaje a Joaquín Sorolla. He holds a Master of Music degree in instrumental wind conducting from the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. He is grateful for his mentors and teachers that have shaped his passion for conducting and music education. Among them are Gregg I. Hanson, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Kraig Alan Williams, Thomas Cockrell, Bruce Chamberlain, Pat Morrow, Darry Pilkington, and Sallie Vines White. 

 

Dr. Feagin holds professional memberships in the National Association for Music Education, the College Band Directors National Association, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and the Washington Music Educators Association. He is a Patron of Mu Phi Epsilon and holds honorary memberships in both Tau Beta Sigma and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Dr. Feagin currently serves on the diversity and research committees of the College Band Directors National Association and is a member of the advisory board of Emergence: Research & Performance Topics in Black Music, the scholarly publication of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc.

 

Dr. Feagin's experience in Drum Corps International (DCI) and the marching arts spans two decades. His previous appointments include serving as brass caption head for the Santa Clara Vanguard and The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps. He has also been a member of the brass staff for the Boston Crusaders and Carolina Crown, and is the former executive director and brass caption head of the 2007 DCI Division III World Champion Memphis Sound Drum and Bugle Corps. As a performer, he served as conductor of the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps for four years. In 2000, Dr. Feagin was awarded the DCI Jim Jones Leadership Award, and in 2007, he was named DCI Division III Director of the Year. From 2009-2015 and in 2018, Dr. Feagin served on the educational staff of the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band, leading the organization as head director in 2013, 2014, and 2018. As an adjudicator, Dr. Feagin has worked with some of the nation’s top pageantry circuits, including Bands of America (BOA) and Winter Guard International (WGI)