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Ellen Chmura (Dallas, TX) is the Associate Director of Bands at Richland High School in Prosper, Texas. Richland High School is the newest high school in fast-growing Prosper ISD, opening in the fall of 2025. Prior to her current position, she served as the Associate Director of Bands at J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas, from 2021 to 2025.
Originally from Lansing, Illinois, she graduated from Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and later returned to serve as an assistant band director from 2019 to 2021. Chmura earned her bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of North Texas in 2018. While at UNT, she studied horn with Bill Scharnberg and performed with the Wind Symphony led by Eugene Corporon. She also served as a drum major for the UNT Green Brigade Marching Band.
Chmura spent four summers performing with Drum Corps International–three seasons with the Phantom Regiment from Rockford, Illinois, and one with the 21-time World Champion Concord Blue Devils, where she aged out in 2017.
