Brian Youngblood is the Associate Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at TCU. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Abilene Christian University and his Master of Percussion Performance degree from East Texas State University. Before coming to TCU, he taught in the public schools for twelve years. He began teaching in 1987 and spent his first ten years teaching at L.D. Bell High School in Hurst Texas and followed with two years as Director of Bands and Fine Arts Director at Brewer High School in White Settlement. In 1999 Mr. Youngblood joined the faculty at TCU. During his time at TCU, he was Director of the TCU Horned Frog Marching Band for two decades. The Horned Frog Marching Band, under his direction, was recognized by the CBDNA as a “top five” university marching band. The impact of his work in the field of marching band design has been recognized for the last 35 years. His drill designs and program coordination work have placed in the top at many regional and state contests nationwide as well as a first place at the Bands of America National Championship in 2007. He co-authored the V-Drill software program for drill design and co-authored a marching band methods book titled “Marching Band Methods: A Practical Approach to Techniques and Design” that was published through Arranger’s Publishing. 

Mr. Youngblood primarily teaches in the area of Wind Band Performance at TCU. He led the TCU Symphonic Band to the group’s first selection and performance at a regional CBDNA Conference. His ensemble responsibilities at TCU include the TCU Symphonic Band, and assistance with the TCU Concert Ensembles and TCU Athletic Bands. In addition to his work with the bands, he also teaches music education classes and music technology classes. In 2020 he shifted focus from marching band design and began to pursue more conducting opportunities.  He accepted a position with the newly formed Fort Worth Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble in 2021. The group was honored with a the Co-Champion National first place American Prize award for their Ensemble performance at Bass Hall the same year.

Mr. Youngblood is an active member of the Texas Music Educators Association, The Texas Bandmasters Association and the College Band Directors National Association. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society and the Alpha Chapter of the Phi Beta Mu International School Bandmaster Fraternity.

Mr. Youngblood is a product of public school music education in the state of Texas. Before playing in the L.D. Bell High School Band under the direction of Roger Winslow, he was in the junior high bands of Marion West, Earnest Repass and Danny Prado. His undergraduate studies with John Whitwell and Gary Lewis, then at Abilene Christian University, furthered his training in Music Education. Mr. Youngblood is a frequent clinician and adjudicator in Texas and the Southwest. He enjoys working as a clinician with bands from every age level.