Samantha Houston Brown

Samantha Houston Brown has been involved in the marching arts since 2004. In high school, she

competed in Bands of America and Winter Guard International with Odessa High School Band of

Distinction, Odessa, Missouri. While attending the University of Kansas, she continued

performing with various marching ensembles including the Marching Jayhawks, Synchronicity

Winterguard, Avidity Independent Winterguard and a summer with the Santa Clara Vanguard

Drum and Bugle Corps, from Santa Clara, California. She became a member of the Zeta Delta

Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma in 2008. In March of 2020, she was welcomed as an Honorary

member of Kappa Kappa Psi by the Epsilon Omega Chapter.

Samantha has experience designing, instructing and choreographing for high school and

collegiate bands and color guards in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Hawaii and

Nebraska. Previous DCI experience includes Visual and Color Guard staff for The Guardians

Drum and Bugle Corps and is currently on Visual Staff for Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps. She

is in her seventh year as the Color Guard Instructor for the University of Nebraska Cornhusker

Marching Band. She has her Music Education Degree from the University of Kansas, degree

certification as a Physical Therapist Assistant.