​Justin Wood     Phone: (972) 617-4617     Email: Justin.Wood@redoakisd.org

Mr. Wood is a student focused educator. His goal as an educator is to help students find their way to happiness with the help of music. Mr. Wood's education is through Baylor University (BME) and the University of Texas-Arlington (MA). He has been a public school teacher since 2000. Through his many years of teaching his bands have received numerous UIL awards, played for presidents, and even have been in commercials. Mr. Wood lives with his wife, Ashely, and their two daughters, Avery & Ella, in Red Oak.

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Ashton Seneca     Phone: (972) 617-4617     Email: Ashton.Seneca@redoakisd.org

Ms. Seneca is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi and a four-year marching member of the Cadets drum and bugle corps from 2006-2009. During her time with Cadets, she played mellophone and was chosen as “Cadet of the Year” in 2007.

 

Ashton Seneca is a marching band and student leadership specialist. From 2015-2019, Ms. Seneca was the associate director and visual coordinator at Wakeland High School in Frisco, TX where they received 4th place at the state marching contest. During the 2019 season, she was a part of the visual team for the silver medalist drum corps “The Bluecoats” the 2019 Grand National bronze medalists, Hebron High School. Ms. Seneca also conducts student leadership clinics for band programs in the DFW area and has presented a leadership clinic at the Mississippi State Band clinic. With every leadership clinic provided, her goal is to provide students with the tools needed to build their confidence, understand themselves and others better, and develop strong communication skills.

 

Ms. Seneca lives in Dallas, TX and is an avid reader, Harry Potter enthusiast, and loves corgis. 

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​Houston Youngman     Phone: (972) 617-4617     Email: Houston.Youngman@redoakisd.org

Mr. Youngman is in his second year as the percussion director for Red Oak ISD. He graduated from the University of North Texas in 2020 with a degree in percussion performance. He has studied under Paul Rennick, Christopher Deane, Mark Ford, Ed Smith, Poovalur Sriji, and Stockton Helbing among other acclaimed faculty. He aged out on the Troopers tenor line in 2019 and won first place in the PASIC 2019 I&E Small Ensemble division with the UNT Quad Ensemble. 
 
Mr. Youngman previously worked at Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club, Texas, where he served as a private lessons instructor, drumline technician, and percussion arranger. His students have achieved success in many areas, including numerous caption and placement awards at marching contests in the DFW area, and success in the Texas All-Region and All-State auditions.​

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David (DJ) Talbot     Phone: (972) 617-4617     Email: David.Talbot@redoakisd.org

Mr. Talbot will be joining the Red Oak Band family as the Assistant Percussion Director. Originally from Northwest Arkansas, Mr. Talbot holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of Arkansas. He recently earned his Master’s degree in Percussion Performance from East Texas A&M University. Mr. Talbot was also an active performer in both DCI and WGI, most notably with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps and Resistance Indoor Percussion.
 

During his graduate studies, he served as the Percussion Director at Commerce ISD, where his students found success across many areas of percussion. Under his leadership, the CISD percussion program had multiple ATSSB All-State Percussionists and Texas State Solo and Ensemble Outstanding Performers. The program also made history by performing at a percussion ensemble festival for the first time.
 

Mr. Talbot is thrilled to join the Red Oak community—alongside his two cats, Princess and Zora.

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Diana Villafana     Phone: (972) 617-4617     Email: Diana.Villafana@redoakisd.org

Ms. Villafana is a graduate of the University of Texas at Tyler. She marched with Guardians, open class, from 2016-2018. During her age out year, she was appointed as a leader by her caption head. Ms. Villafana joins the Red Oak Band from Paschal High School out in Fort Worth, who she was with for two years. In her free time she loves to spend time with her nephews and have a good nap!​​​