Robert Herrings is the Director of Bands at Artie Henry Middle School in the Leander Independent School District (Texas). His ensembles were selected to perform at Midwest in 2010, 2012, and 2016; and they were selected as the TMEA CCC Honor Band in 2010, 2014, and 2018. His band has also appeared at the Western International Band Clinic on two occasions and has earned distinction as a National Wind Band Honors Class AA winner. He is an active clinician and adjudicator.