Our Team
Meet the Band Staff
Four directors, one band hall. Reach any of us any time — we answer parent email quickly.
Jarred Dodd
Head Band Director
arred Dodd is Head Band Director at Rushing Middle School, in Prosper Texas. His responsibilities at Rushing MS include: directing the Symphonic Winds, assisting with Concert Bands I, II and III and teaching beginner oboe, bassoon, trumpet, and horn classes. Mr. Dodd has served as head director of Rushing Middle School since opening the school in 2020. Ensembles under his direction have consistently earned superior ratings in Texas UIL competition and local festivals and have helped to develop a number of TMEA All-State musicians. Most recently, the Rushing MS Symphonic Winds earned recognition as a state semi-finalist in TMEA Honor Band competition and as a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence by the Foundation for Music Education.
Mr. Dodd began his musical career as a trumpet student of Kelley Fletcher in Sulphur Springs, TX and was a two-time member of the Texas All-State Band. He received his B.A. in Music Education from Texas Tech University, studying with Dr. Sarah McKoin and Dr. Keith Dye. While at TTU, Mr. Dodd was a member of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and the athletic bands. He began his teaching career in Frenship ISD working closely with friend and mentor, June Bearden who was the first to instill his love for working with Middle School students.
Mr. Dodd is a lifelong learner and completed his Master’s in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in April of 2023 from the University of Texas at Arlington. He has been a presenter at Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Bandmasters Association conventions, and is an active member of both organizations.
Mr. Dodd and wife Alison, a fellow educator, enjoy spending time with their two children, Spencer and Hannah.
jsdodd@prosper-isd.net
Brandon Holt
Assistant Band Director
Mr. Holt is a Band Director at Rushing Middle School, and teaches beginner flute, clarinet, saxophone, and Concert Band 1.
Brandon Holt is an Assistant Band Director at Rushing Middle School. Previously, he served at Prosper High School (2019-2023), Rogers Middle School (2016-2019), and in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD as Associate Director of Bands at L.D. Bell High School (2006-2016) and Assistant Director at Harwood Junior High (2004-2006).
Mr. Holt has received state and national acclaim through the many successes of the band programs he has been associated with. These acclaims include numerous Bands of America Regional and Super-Regional Marching Championships, earning three silver medal placements and one bronze medal at the 5A UIL Texas State Marching Contest, and being named the 2007 Bands of America Grand National Champion. Concert bands under the direction of Mr. Holt have been awarded numerous Texas UIL Sweepstakes Awards and have received top honors at participating festivals and competitions.
Originally from Oklahoma, Mr. Holt began his instrumental studies in Midwest City as a saxophonist. Following his high school years, Mr. Holt graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a Bachelor of Musical Arts degree and later completed his graduate work at Baylor University, where he earned a Master of Music degree.
Mr. Holt is a Yamaha Performing Artist and an educational endorser for D’Addario Woodwinds. His professional affiliations include the North American Saxophone Alliance, Texas Music Educators Association, and Texas Bandmasters Association. Mr. Holt resides in Prosper, Texas with his wife, Rachel, and daughter, Elizabeth.
bmholt@prosper-isd.net
Ally Lyons
Assistant Band Director
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amlyons@prosper-isd.net
Jacob Jimenez
Percussion Director
Jacob Jimenez is a percussion educator and performer based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. After growing up in Grapevine, TX he moved to Bloomington, Indiana to pursue a Bachelor of Music Education from Indiana University. After graduating Summa Cum Laude in 2026, he began his current position in Prosper ISD as the Percussion Director at Rushing Middle School, where he works with percussion students across the district in a variety of performance settings.
In addition to working with percussion students, Mr. Jimenez is an active performer and has had opportunities to perform as drumline captain and quad section leader with the Indiana University Marching Hundred, as quad soloist at the PASIC convention in Indianapolis, and as center quad and section leader for the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps.
jjjimenez@prosper-isd.net