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Benjamin Maughmer (Euless, Texas) is a musician from Dallas-Fort Worth. In 2023, after his thirteenth year as associate director of bands at L.D. Bell high school, he retired from full time after nearly 30 years of service. Mr. Maughmer is proud to remain active as a consultant for the L.D Bell band as well as servicing multiple other schools districts throughout the USA and beyond.
Prior to working in HEB, Ben taught for seventeen years in the Birdville Independent School District. Under his direction the Haltom High School Percussion Ensemble won the 2004 Percussive Arts Society International call for tapes contest. In 2019 the L.D Bell chamber percussion ensemble won 1st place in the PAS chamber ensemble contest held at the PASIC.
As a performer and instructor Ben has accumulated forty one years of drum corps experience, twelve DCI world championships, and four Fred Sanford high percussion titles. Ben is starting his twentieth year teaching the Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps, where he assists in the coordination of the music ensemble for the corps as well as instruction of the percussion section. Prior to joining the Blue Devils instructional staff in the fall of 2005, Ben served on the instructional staff of the Bluecoats from 2003-2005, the Cavaliers from 2001-2003 and Blue Knights from 1992-1998.
He earned his Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of North Texas where he performed with the world champion U.N.T. drum line for three years and served on the instructional staff for three years.
Ben is an Educational Artist for Ludwig-Musser, and is sponsored by Pro-Mark drumsticks, Evans drumheads, Ludwig/Musser and Zildjian Cymbals. He is an active clinician, judge and arranger in the United States, Japan and China for marching band and Drum Corps. He traveled to China to serve as a judge and clinician at the 16th Annual Beijing Students Arts Festival and in 2016 for an 11 day clinic tour for the top marching programs in the city and the Peoples Liberation Army and Navy percussionists.