Frank Folds, Band Director
Mr. Folds has been teaching for 27 years. This is his fifteenth year in Gwinnett County. He has taught previously at Five Forks Middle School and in South Georgia at Camden Middle School and Jeff Davis High School. Mr. Folds holds Bachelors, Masters and Educational Specialist degrees from The University of Georgia where he served as Graduate Assistant and Band Captain. He is married to the former Cheri Jones of Owensboro, Kentucky. They have four children, Elliott (15), Ansley (11) and nine year old twins, Emily and Abby. Mr. Folds has served the Georgia Music Educators Association as a district officer, district event organizer, All-State Band Organizer as well as State Band Division Chairman and State Vice-President for All-State. On July 1, 2009 he began a two year term as State Vice-President for Performance Evaluations. He has also served on the Crews Middle School Executive Council and as orchestra director for W.R. Cannon United Methodist Church. Mr. Folds currently serves Chairman of the Phi Beta Mu Georgia Band Masters Hall of Fame and Treasurer of the Tara Winds Scholarship Foundation. In 2005 and 2006 he was selected for recognition in Who's Who Among American Teachers and Who's Who in America and in 2007 received the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association. He was been selected Teacher of the Year at Crews Middle School for the 2008-2009 school year.
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