Josh Robichaux, a native of Houma, Louisiana, resides in Kennesaw, Georgia and is Director of Bands at East Paulding High School in Dallas, GA. He graduated with an undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Recording and Live Sound with a concentration in Percussion Performance. While at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Josh studied under both Jeff Prosperie (West Point's Hellcats), Adam Mason (University of Lethbridge), and Dr. William Hocheppel. He performed with the university's Wind Ensemble, Chamber Percussion Ensemble, Contemporary Percussion Ensemble, Caribbean Steel Band, Japanese Taiko Ensemble, West African Drum and Dance Ensemble, Brazilian Ensemble, Marching Band, and the ULL PASIC Drumline. 

 

Josh previously was the Assistant Director of Bands and Percussion Director at Carrollton High School from 2008 - 2017 and Assistant Director of Bands at East Paulding High School from 2017-2020.  He was also Front Ensemble Coordinator at Kennesaw Mountain High School from 2005-2008 and Lafayette High School (Louisiana) from 2002-2005. 

 

He spent two years, 2001 and 2002, as a member and section leader of Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps, was a staff member for Spirit Drum and Bugle Corps from 2003-2007, front ensemble caption head at Odyssey Percussion Theater, a WGI PIW finalist, from 2007 - 2009, and a percussion staff member at Jacksonville State University from 2004-2012. Josh is a member of the Georgia Music Educators Association, Percussive Arts Society and the Delta Epsilon Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Josh is one of the founders and is an executive board member of GIPA, the Georgia Indoor Percussion Association. He remains active as an educator, adjudicator, performer, and arranger in numerous Georgia music programs. 

 

Josh Robichaux is a Dynasty USA and Innovative Percussion Artist and endorses those products exclusively.