David Roth joined the faculty at Kell High School as the Assistant Director of Bands in 2008 and was named Director of Bands in 2011. Under his direction, the Kell Wind Ensemble has performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Music For All Southeastern Regional Concert Festival, GMEA State Convention, twice at the January High School Music Festival (JanFest) in Athens, GA, and the Southeastern United States Honor Band Festival at Troy University. The Kell Marching Band is also a consistent finalist and award winner in contests across the southeast. In 2010, the Kell Wind Symphony performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, and the marching band won two BOA Regional Championships.  Prior to joining the Kell program, Mr. Roth was the Assistant Director of Bands at Kennesaw Mountain High School where he conducted the Kennesaw Mountain Wind Symphony at the 2006 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and was a part of multiple BOA regional championship marching bands between 2004- 2008.

A native of Marietta, Georgia, Mr. Roth graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Music Composition, earned his Master’s degree in Music Education from the University of Illinois, and earned his Specialist in Curriculum and Instruction from Berry College.  He was a member of the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps from 2000-2003, serving as the corps’ drum major from 2001-2003. While a member of Carolina Crown, he helped found the Carolina Crown Student Leadership Task Force, an initiative aimed at enhancing the level of student leadership within the corps that is still in effect today.

Mr. Roth is currently an active clinician, guest lecturer, adjudicator, and music arranger across the Southeast.  His professional affiliations include Phi Beta Mu, the National Band Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, Georgia Music Educator’s Association, Music Educator’s National Conference, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Mr. Roth lives in

Kennesaw, GA with his husband Jeff and son Jacob.

Taylor Watts has served as the Associate Director of Bands at Kell High School since 2013. During his tenure at Kell, the program has performed at the Midwest Clinic, Music For All Southeastern Concert Band Festival, Georgia Music Educators Association conference, University of Georgia Janfest, Troy University Southeastern Clinic, and has won multiple Bands of America regional class championships.

In 2018, he founded Powered By Watts Leadership to share his passion for, experiences in, and insight on character development, conflict resolution, and leadership with students and teachers. He now actively works with high school, collegiate, and professional programs across the country as a clinician, speaker, consultant, and curriculum developer focusing on widening students’ situational perspective while helping them develop communication and interpretation skills to positively inspire change in others. His presentations have received strong acclaim from attendees at the Midwest Clinic and several Music Educators’ Association conferences, and he serves on the board of SLAM, the Servant Leadership Association for Music, developing curriculum for its teacher certification program.

Mr. Watts earned his Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology and Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Georgia and currently resides in Acworth, Georgia with his loving wife, Caitlin, their two beautiful children, Emma and Caleb, and an adorable troupe of animal companions.

Sébastien Moneyron is the percussion director at Kell High School. He is an alum of Milton High School and of the Jacob's School of Music at Indiana University. While at Indiana University, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in Percussion Performance and was also a member of various musical ensembles including: principal percussionist in the wind ensemble and concert orchestra, percussion ensemble, Brazilian ensemble, Afro-Cuban ensemble, and the Indiana University Marching Hundred Band. In addition to his musical activities at Indiana, he was a member of the Spirit of Atlanta Front Ensemble in 2019, the Bluecoats front ensemble in 2021, and the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band front ensemble in 2018. Mr. Moneyron is an avid percussion arranger and performer, as he currently plays in the Atlanta Percussion Ensemble and the Atlanta Steel Pan Ensemble. As a performer, he also played in the 2019 GMEA State Music Conference as a marimba soloist for Milton High School.

As an educator, Mr. Moneyron has taught at a number of well-established local programs including Milton, Lassiter, and Kell High School, maintains an active studio of dozens of private percussion students in the metro-Atlanta area, and also teaches percussion technique classes for numerous middle schools in the area. In addition, he also is currently on staff at the Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps for his second year and at the Atlanta Quest Indoor Drumline. Mr Moneyron currently resides in Woodstock, GA.

Currently residing in Atlanta, GA, Rebekah brings over 23 years experience within the marching arts. She has worked with many WGI, DCI and BOA programs including The Cadets, MadisonScouts, Speakeasy, Everybody, Jinx, Braddock, Paramount, Lassiter, Pickens, South Forsyth, Ponderosa, River Ridge, Cooper City, Taravella, Father Ryan, East Coweta, and many more.Whether performing, teaching or designing, Rebekah loves the arts and has dedicated many years studying Dance and Movement under Kim Robards, Stanley Knaub, Cleo ParkerRobinson, GTTP and the Atlanta Ballet. Rebekah currently resides on the steering committee for the Southern Association of Performing Arts (SAPA), enjoys her time spent as a clinician andloves consulting with a variety of programs. She has been adjudicating both locally in Atlanta and the Denver metro areas for over 10 years. Outside of “band hours”, Rebekah is a brandstrategist and creative director for a boutique agency and loves hiking, yoga, and cooking.