Brian Drake, a Maryland native, is presently the band director at Patapsco Middle School in Ellicott City, MD.  Prior to his current position, he taught at Westminster High School [2001-2014] and East Middle School [2014 - 2018],  in Westminster, MD. Mr. Drake has also held the athletic band director positions at Johns Hopkins University [2001-2008] and McDaniel College [2016 - present].   He serves as a guest conductor, clinician, festival judge, award-winning arranger, and commissioned composer for several organizations across the nation.  His works have been performed by the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Towson University, and McDaniel College. His music has also been performed at the the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and the Japan Band Clinic.  

As an educator, Mr. Drake has been nominated several times as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year for Carroll County Public Schools (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015) and was a top eight finalist for the honor in 2011.  He was the inaugural recipient of the Music Advocates of Carroll County Music Educator of the Year Award in 2012. He was also nominated for the MENC/MMEA Outstanding Music Educator Award (2003). 

A graduate of The Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Drake received both a Performers Certificate for trumpet and a Bachelors Degree in Music Education in the spring of 1998. Most recently, he received his Masters Degree in Music Education from Peabody in 2009.  Mr. Drake is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), American Composers Forum (ACF), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and Maryland Band Directors Association (MBDA).  

Much of Brian's music can be sampled on soundcloud.com.  There, you can listen to his published works, film score samples, arrangements and projects in progress.