About the Director

Tim Mattis had taught instrumental and vocal music for nine years before accepting a position with the Findlay City Schools in Findlay, Ohio in 1994, where he has served as band director and band department chair.  He received his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Bluffton College and his Master of Music in Percussion Performance from Bowling Green State University, where he studied with Wendell Jones and Roger Schupp.  Mattis has been adjunct instructor of percussion at Ohio Northern University and at Bluffton College.  His performance credits include the Lima Symphony Orchestra, the Lima Marimba Ensemble, and a variety of community theater performances, both onstage and in the pit.  Tim and his wife, Tammie, have two children:  Elijah and Kristi. 

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