Meals named new Waller ISD Director of Music

WALLER ISD -- Cory Meals, who was previously an Assistant Band Director at Klein Forest High School in Klein ISD, has been named the new Director of Music for Waller ISD. Meals has also been the Assistant Band Director at Indian Springs Middle School in Keller ISD. He begins his fifth year of teaching at Waller High School.
     Ensembles under his direction have earned numerous "Superior" and "Best in Class" ratings, and in fall 2004, he was named “Outstanding Fine Arts Teacher” at Klein Forest High School.
     Meals holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, IL. While at VanderCook, Meals worked on both the visual and musical staffs of many Chicago-area marching bands including; Lake Park High School (2000), Wheaton Warrenville South High School (1998-2001), and Downer's Grove South High School (2001); where he helped several to achieve numerous regional titles.
     He is a five-year veteran of the world-champion Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps (1997-2001), and has been a member of its brass staff since 2002. Meals is an active adjudicator and clinician in both the United States and Canada. His professional affiliations include Texas Music Educator's Association, Championship Music Consultants, CMC Design, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He currently resides in Houston, Texas.