Kim Shuttlesworth
Head Band Director

Ms. Shuttlesworth currently serves as the Director of Band and Fine Arts Department Chair for Coppell High School. She is currently in her eighteenth year of teaching in Texas and holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from The University of Texas at Austin. Her ensembles have received recognition each year in both marching and concert venues. Each ensemble has received superior ratings at the UIL Marching Contest, UIL Concert & Sightreading Contest, and the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest. Under her direction, her programs have been UIL State Marching Band Contest Finalists, Bands of America Regional, Super Regional, and Grand National Finalists, and a recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Shield in 2013. Ms. Shuttlesworth's concert bands have advanced through the Texas Music Educators Association Honor Band Contest, placing 11th in 2019 for 4A with Tom Glenn High School and 6th place in 2023 for 6A with Coppell. She has worked with summer programs over the past 20 years including Music for All Summer Symposium, the Longhorn Music Camp, the Western Carolina University, and the Sewanee Summer Festival. Ms. Shuttlesworth is an active adjudicator, clinician, and consultant across Texas and the rest of the country in both marching and concert band. She holds professional affiliations with the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association, and Tau Beta Sigma.  

Ms. Shuttlesworth's dog, Pumpkin, is a frequent visitor to the Band Hall.