West Springfield High School Bands

Character, Competence, Class, Commitment

Mr. Holscher has been the Associate Band Director at West Springfield High School, as well as the Associate Band Director at Irving Middle School, since 2007.  His current teaching responsibilities include Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, the Marching Spartans, Indoor Ensembles, Guitar 1, and Advanced Placement Music Theory. 

 

Prior to joining the music faculty at West Springfield, Mr. Holscher served as an elementary band director in Fairfax County for four years, most recently assigned to Saratoga, Forestdale, and Clermont Schools.  He graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education in 2002 where he studied under Dr. Patrick Rooney, Ms. Jeannie Little, and Dr. Andrew Lankford.  In 2009 he complete a Master’s Degree in instrumental conducting at George Mason University.  Mr. Holscher is also a 1998 alumnus of West Springfield High School.

 

Mr. Holscher performs regularly with the Fairfax Wind Symphony and the NOVA Manassas Symphony Orchestra.  Mr. Holscher is an active member of the Music Educator’s National Conference, Virginia Music Educator’s Association, Virginia Band and Orchestra Director’s Association, and the local chapter of the National Education Association.

Associate Director of Bands

E-mail: Kurt.Holscher@fcps.edu

Kurt R. Holscher

Phone: 703-913-3931

Kurt R. Holscher

Associate Director of Bands