Mr. Joe Huls, CJHS Band Director
joe.huls@carrolltoncityschools.net
Joe Huls is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan where he was born and raised. He graduated from Central Michigan University with a Bachelors of Music Education. Mr. Huls has worked with many high school, middle school and college level bands as well as many groups in the marching arts. He has been a Drill Designer and Music Arranger for many marching bands, drum corps, winter guard and winter drumline groups at every level. He is a five-year alumnus of the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps (2000-2004) and was named Member of the Year in 2004. Upon graduating from college, Mr. Huls worked for Gilmer County Schools, where he was a middle school band director. He has been the director at Carrollton Junior High & Middle School since 2009. His responsibilities with the CHS Band this year include marching instruction, drill design and show coordination.
Ms. Maria Menendez, Assistant Band Director
maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net
Ms. Menendez begins her first year with Carrollton as the Middle School Band Director. Her other responsibilities include assisting at the Junior High School, and being a staff member for the Carrollton High School Trojan Marching Band. A native of Ontario, Canada, Ms. Menendez moved to Douglasville, Georgia at the age of eight. She is a graduate of South Paulding High School and attended Columbus State University where she earned her Bachelors of Music degree in Music Education. While attending, Ms. Menendez was a member of the Columbus State University’s Trombone Choir and Octet, which just released their Debut CD, “A Beautiful Noise” with Summit Records. “A Beautiful Noise” is a collaboration with some of the world’s top trombonists representing symphonies and other ensembles from Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago, New York and the Metropolitan Opera. During her senior year Ms. Menendez served as the president of CSU’s collegiate chapter of the National Association for Music Education. In 2013, Ms. Menendez studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark. Additionally she spent seven weeks of her summer at Interlochen Center for the Arts where she worked as a counselor in the High School Girls’ division.
Ms. Menendez currently resides in Carrollton, Georgia.
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