About Us

A.J. Pace

A.J. Is a native of Charleston, SC. He is currently the Associate Director of Bands for James F. Byrnes High School in Duncan, SC.

He is a 2008 graduate of the University of South Carolina where he received a Bachelors in Music Education as well as a percussion performance certificate. He received his Masters in Music Education from Winthrop University in 2015.

He is an avid designer, clinician, and adjudicator for the marching arts around the country. His compositions and visual designs can be seen/heard in Drum Corps International, Bands of America, Winter Guard International, and local circuits around the country.

He marched with the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps, Teal Sound Drum and Bugles Corps, and Palmetto Percussion. He has also performed with the University of South Carolina Percussion Ensemble and Wind Ensemble, the Winthrop University Wind Symphony and Percussion Ensemble, and the Charleston Stage Band.

He has held positions with Audio Theater, Atlanta Quest, Palmetto Percussion, Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps, Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps, and Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps.

A.J. proudly endorses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets.