MR. WILLIAM BRIGGS
Mr. Briggs is currently the Director of Bands at Cecil E. Gray Middle School, a position he has held since 2022. There he instructs two beginning bands, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, the Gator Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble, and the Gator Spin Club. Prior to teaching at Gray Middle School, he spent 9 years teaching music at Groveland Elementary School, and before that he was the elementary music teacher at Kewanee Schools in Kewanee, Illinois. Mr. Briggs studied Music Education at Eastern Illinois University and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in music. Mr. Briggs studied percussion under Professor Johnny Lee Lane, Mr. Jon Crabiel and Mr. Craig Williams. Mr. Briggs has spent the last several decades composing and instructing several high school drum lines throughout the Midwest as well as a clinician for the Tracc 8 athletic conference. Mr. Briggs also plays drums for the band ThruFlyte and for some local area churches.