News & Updates
new Chapter - J-Ville
august 2023
New town, new gig, new challenges. I’m excited to announce that I have recently been appointed as the new Director of Music Studies at the historic Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, FL. The school has a rich history and tradition in academics, and I hope to bring the same thing to the music program. I’m doing all things music: Band Director, Choir Director, Percussion Instructor, AP/IB instructor, and whatever else comes up musically. We have a long way to go to bring a new culture of excellence to the music department. Here we go!
NEW JOB!!!
January 6, 2021
Exciting news! I’m leaving behind the world of adjunct work to begin a full-time instructor position at Warner University in Lakes Wales, FL. Looking forward to building the instrumental side of the music department around, you guessed it, PERCUSSION! Exciting things to come. Praise ADONAI!
Moving to FL!
August 1, 2020
I’m moving to sunny Central Florida! I have been newly hired to two private universities and will start Fall 2020! I’m excited to start work as the percussion instructor and band director at Warner University (Lake Wales, FL) and adjunct percussion instructor at Southeastern University (Lakeland, FL). Saying farewell to WVU and the beautiful mountains of West Virginia and hello to the sunny skies and beaches of Florida!
bio
about sean
The Basics
Sean Workman is a percussionist and educator based in NE Florida. He currently serves as the Director of Music Studies at Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, FL. Before this, he was an Instructor of Music and Director of Percussion, World Music, and Instrumental Music Studies at Warner University (Lake Wales, FL). He also works as a freelance percussion instructor and musician. In addition, he plays guitar and leads worship in his church.
Education
Sean graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Georgia College and State University in 2012 (Milledgeville, GA). He received his Master of Music Performance in Percussion from Valdosta State University (Valdosta, GA - 2019), where he served as the Graduate Assistant in both the Athletic Bands and Percussion areas. He also attended West Virginia University for the 2019-2020 school year, pursuing his doctoral degree, and was named the Graduate Assistant in World Music (2020-2021 academic year).
Performance Experience
As a performer, Sean has played with a variety of ensembles including wind band, orchestra, big band, Jazz combo, percussion ensemble, and world ensembles. He has performed as a member of the Wellston Winds and Saoco Percussion. At Valdosta State University, he performed with the wind ensemble, Jazz ensemble, Jazz combo, and percussion ensemble. He also performed with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra and Albany Symphony Orchestra. Other performances of note include the VSU Jazz Ensemble with Carmen Bradford (Count Basie Orchestra), as well as Canadian Brass with the VSO. While at VSU, he traveled to China with members of his jazz combo for a week-long residency at Shanxi University in Taiyuan, China. At WVU, he performed with the steel band, taiko ensemble, African drum and dance ensemble, percussion ensemble, and graduate percussion quartet. While at WVU, he performed for the Ellie Mannette Tribute, “Symphony of Steel,” at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. He is also active as a solo performer on traditional Western percussion instruments as well as world percussion instruments. He is also a founding member of the Nautilus Percussion Group. He proudly endorses Artifact Percussion and is a member of the Black Swamp Percussion Educator Network.
Sean’s principal instructors have included Prof. Miguel Castro, Dr. Ryan M. Smith, Prof. George Willis, and Dr. Michael Vercelli.
Teaching Experience
As an educator, Sean has found success with a wide variety of ensembles. He has over 10 years of percussion teaching experience at the middle school, high school, and university levels. Sean has had numerous students audition successfully for honors ensembles, university scholarships, and graduate programs. He has worked as a percussion instructor for Georgia Military College Prep School, Veterans High School, Huntington Middle School, Thomson High School, Valdosta High School, Lowndes High School, University High School, and Winter Haven High School. He has also worked as the Assistant Band Director at Thomson-McDuffie Middle School and Warner Robins High School. He served as a graduate assistant at Valdosta State University form 2017-2019. His teaching duties at VSU included instructing and arranging for the Blazin’ Brigade Marching Band, co-conducting the Percussion Ensemble, and teaching studio lessons. He worked as an Adjunct Professor of Percussion at Southeastern University (Lakeland, FL) and Warner University (Lake Wales, FL). He was promoted to full-time instructor at Warner University in January, 2020. He served at Warner as Instructor of Music, Director of Percussion, World Music, and Instrumental Music Studies. At Warner, he taught percussion lessons, drumline, African Drum and Dance Ensemble, Music Appreciation, Topics in World Music, and music education classes. He currently works as the Director of Music Studies at Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, FL. Sean also works with local bands as a percussion instructor and offers private percussion lessons and music tutoring for students at all levels.
COmmunity involvement
Sean is an active member, musician, and worship leader at his church. He resides in Jacksonville, FL with his two lovely cat-daughters Rosie and Pippin.