LAUREN TEEL IS VISITING PROFESSOR OF PERCUSSION AT JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY AND PERCUSSION CAPTION HEAD FOR THE TROOPERS DRUM & BUGLE CORPS. AN ACTIVE PERFORMER, EDUCATOR, COMPOSER, AND ADJUDICATOR, SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE PAS MARCHING COMMITTEE AND REGULARLY PRESENTS CLINICS NATIONWIDE. HER COMPOSITIONS FOR PERCUSSION ARE WIDELY PERFORMED, AND SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE TROOPERS HALL OF FAME IN 2023.