Lauren Teel (Texas A&M University-Commerce & Troopers D&BC)

Lauren Teel is the Percussion Caption Head for the DCI World
Class Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps, Adjunct Instructor of
Percussion for Texas A&M-Commerce, Director of Percussion for
Mililani High School in Mililani, Hawaii, and an ensemble
member of the Heartland Marimba Ensemble. She is actively involved
in the percussive arts community as both performer and
educator, serving on the PAS marching committee and
acting as an adjudicator for several PAS international
competitions, including the 2018 Percussive Arts Society
International Chamber Ensemble Competition and the
2019 Percussive Arts Society International Solo Marimba
Competition. ​During the 2018/2019 academic year, Lauren
served as the Interim Instructor of Percussion for The
University of Alabama, and Adjunct Instructor for the Million
Dollar Band Front Ensemble. Prior to this appointment, she was an
Adjunct Instructor of Percussion at several universities, including
The University of North Alabama, The University of Alabama-
Birmingham, and The University of Montevallo. In
addition,  Lauren was a member of the percussion educational
team “ Double Stop Percussion” based out of Birmingham, AL. In
2012, Lauren had the privilege of traveling to Chennai, India to
perform for an audience of over 75,000 people with Oscar-winning
composer, A. R. Rahman. Lauren also appeared in the 2013
blockbuster, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, as an on-screen
timpanist. While living in Atlanta, Lauren performed as a member of
the NFL Atlanta Falcons Drum Line. In 2018, Lauren was invited to
perform the solo marimba piece, Free Flight, by composer
and pianist Muriel Roth, as part of the 2018 PASIC Focus Day
events. Lauren earned her M.M. in Percussion Performance at
Indiana University in 2016 and a B.M. in Percussion
Performance from the University of North
Texas 2012. She was a member of the 2009 and 2010
DCI World Class Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps, and of the
2011 Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps. In her spare
time, Lauren pursues her other passion of working with animals by
volunteering at the Georgia Aquarium, and with ICAN as a certified
service dog trainer.  She is an avid free diver, trained
lifeguard, and certified scuba diver.