Samuel Koch

Sam Koch is the Assistant Percussion Director for the Independence High School cluster in Frisco, Texas. Sam has also worked with the Crossmen, Troopers, and Memphis Blues drum and bugle corps as a quad tech for the last two summers as well after graduating from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Music Education.

As an educator, Sam has taught with many schools in the DFW area. His most recent work includes completing his internship as a student teacher at V.R. Eaton High School and Leo Adams Middle School in Haslet, Texas. In addition to student teaching, Sam served as a battery instructor at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas and at Vines and Plano Senior High School(s) in Plano, Texas.

While at the University of North Texas, Sam marched in the Green Brigade marching band for 3 years, and he got to perform several times all over Ireland including the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland in 2022. Sam was also a member of the UNT Percussion Ensemble, Quad Ensemble, Wind Orchestra, and Two O'clock Steel Band. He toured Poland with the UNT Percussion Ensemble in 2023 where he got to perform and collaborate with several music students from the area. Additionally, both years when Sam was in the UNT Quad Ensemble in 2022 and 2023, he received gold medals in the University Small Marching Ensemble Category at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). Sam has also marched quads with the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps based in Casper, Wyoming for the 2022 and 2023 seasons.