Jeremy Kondrat is currently serving his sixth year as the Head Director of Bands at Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas. He previously served as the Associate Director of Bands at Plano Senior High School during the 1998 - 2000 school years. Mr. Kondrat is a proud graduate of the Plano Senior High School band and symphony orchestra programs. He has also served as Director of Bands at McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas and Associate Director of Bands at Cudhay High School in Cudhay, Wisconsin.

The Plano Senior High School Symphony Orchestra which Mr. Kondrat co-conducts was recently named the Honor Symphony Orchestra in Texas for 2005-2006.  Under the direction of Mr. Kondrat the Plano Senior High School Jazz Ensemble was invited to perform at Lincoln Center in New York City at the Essentially Ellington Competition in May 2005.  Mr.  Kondrat has also led the Plano Senior High School Symphony Orchestra at a performance at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in 2004.  The Plano Senior High School Bands and Marching Band have been consistent UIL Sweepstakes winners under the direction of Mr. Kondrat.

Mr. Kondrat received a Bachelor of Music degree in music education and trombone performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He also earned a Master of Music degree in trombone performance from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado.

Mr. Kondrat resides in Plano, Texas with his wife, April, who works as a freelance violist and private instructor in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and their two daughters Emily and Rachel. Mr. Kondrat is a substitute trombonist with the Dallas Wind Symphony and remains an active freelance musician in the classical and jazz idioms.

Born in San Antonio, Texas, I am a graduate of the University of North Texas, student of Dr. Robert Schietroma, and owner of Dr You Sophisticated Cool (DYSC).

Supporting my percussion experience is participation in DCI top 12 drum and bugle corps and the UNT Drumline. My tenure at Plano Senior High School and its respective cluster, Baylor University, Dr You Sophisticated Cool (DYSC), and consulting positions with area high schools support my teaching and organizational skills. Additionally, I am a founder and Operations Executive of the north Texas based percussion-publishing company, drop6 media, Inc.

As a professional musician, I have performed with the Dallas Wind Symphony and the Richardson Symphony. I was a member of the Desperadoes Steel Band and the Serenaders Traditional Steel Band in Trinidad and Tobago and am presently a member of the Dallas-based Panhandlers Steel Drum Band. My schedule is active with arranging, composing, and publishing of percussion literature through drop6 media, Inc., percussion education consulting, and playing professionally.

Furthermore, I keep an active schedule as a freelance graphic artist involved with companies such as: Threejays Carriages, 84 Automation, West Percussion, and Drop6 Media.

I enjoy life in Allen, Texas with my wife, Kimberly.