Meet the other members of our Marching Band staff!  

Austin Thompson, Ensemble Coordinator 

Austin received his bachelor’s degree from Wingate University in Environmental Biology in 2017 and has taught Chemistry at Marvin Ridge High School since 2019.

Austin has been on staff with Paradigm Percussion since 2018 and currently holds the role of Ensemble Coordinator. Austin led the group to a Bronze Medal at WGI World Championships in Percussion Independent A Class in 2019 and led the group to finals in Independent Open Class in 2023.

Austin has served as the batterie technician and ensemble consultant at various Charlotte area high schools over the past nine years including Sun Valley High School (2012-2013), Union Academy (2018-2019), Butler High School (2018-2021), Marvin Ridge High School (2013-2022) and William A. Hough High School (2023-Present). He is excited to return to Marvin Ridge High School Bands in the new role of Ensemble Coordinator for the 2024 season!

In addition to teaching high school band, Austin is a private instructor as well as the percussion instructor at Marvin Ridge Middle School. Austin is a proud Paradigm Percussion (PIA) alum having marched under Joe Conigliaro from 2012 to 2014 and was a member with Palmetto Percussion (PIW) in 2015 and 2016 and aged out with Equinox Percussion (PIW) in 2017.

Austin is currently the CEO and co-founder of Cloud Music Suite LLC, a music instruction learning management software.