Tri-State Honor Band

DOUG OVERMIER is a Yamaha Artist, the Director of Bands at Oakland City University, and the President of ArrO Music Publishing in Atlanta, GA. Previously, he held positions as Director of Bands at the College of Central Florida, Director of Bands and Percussive Studies at the University of West Georgia, and as the Assistant Department Chair and Director of Bands at North Carolina State University. Dr. Overmier also taught public schools in Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio where his ensembles earned superior ratings.

Overmier’s ensembles have received top performance honors at The Kennedy Center, three International Society of Music Educators biennial conferences, the National Association for Music Education, twelve state music conferences, regional television commercials, pro sporting events, CBS Television movies, National Public Radio, and in tours of Europe, Mexico, the Bahamas, and Antigua.  As a performer, he has appeared with renowned artists including Winton Marcellus, Alan Jackson, Mark Ford, David Friedman, Mary Wilson, Steve Houghton, Dizzy Gillespie, and David Samuels.  His numerous performance credits include The North Carolina Symphony, Triangle Opera Company Orchestra, and the West Virginia Symphony.

He is a published composer and arranger of over 300 band arrangements and more than 100 jazz and percussion works.  Many of these works can be heard on the Ozone Percussion CD “La Bamba” (Klavier Records) and “I Said Jazz” (Emerald Records).  In addition, his music is featured in the CBS Television movie “Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story.” Overmier has authored numerous articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Instrumentalist magazines.  His most recent book, “Approaches to Percussion Performance” has been adopted by multiple colleges and universities.