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Staff Information
Chris Moss, director
Chris Moss is currently the assistant band director at James F. Byrnes High School where he serves as color guard caption supervisor and the director of the District Five Winter Guard Program. Chris holds a Bachelors of Music Education Degree from the Florida State University.
Mr. Moss marched two years as a Euphonium with the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps and a year with both Paradigm Winter Guard in the Independent A class and Northeast Independent Winter Guard in Independent World Class. He has served as the color guard director at Byrnes for three years and during that time, the winter guard program has grown to four ensembles that regularly compete as part of the Carolina Indoor Performance Association. In addition, the Byrnes varsity winter guard, "Indigo," competes with Winter Guard International and is regularly a Scholastic A Regional Finalist.
Mr. Moss also has served as a member of the brass staff at Capital Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps and two years on the brass staff of the 2005 Drum Corps International World Champion and High Brass Champion Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps.
Mr. Moss is a sought after designer for marching band and winter guard, including drill writing, soundtrack and staging design, and visual coordination at all levels.
Jen Barton, director
Jen is currently the co-director for the Byrnes Guard Program where she choreographs and designs for all the color guards. She works on visual design for the marching band and designs flags, costumes, soundtracks and many other design aspects for the winter guards.
Jen has a long performance history with top color guards in the country including: Northeast Independent Winter Guard, Jacksonville, FL 2002-2004 ad astra per Aspera Winter Guard, Atlanta, GA 2005 CrownGUARD Winter Guard, Atlanta, GA 2009 Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, Santa Clara, CA 2002-2003
Jen also has her music education degree from Florida State University where she studied flute with Stephanie Jutt and Eva Amsler. She participated in Marching Chiefs, Concert and Symphonic Bands, Harmonie Chamber Ensemble, Tau Beta Sigma, Golden Key and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies. She has been teaching color guard for 11 years in total with 8 years at Byrnes HS. She has also been on staff for the WGI Independent A medalist The Cast Winter Guard from Upstate, SC and WGI Independent Open Finalist Etude Winter Guard from Fort Mill, SC. She has been on staff for the DCI World Class ensemble Pacific Crest from Diamond Bar, CA, East Coweta HS, Summerville HS, Dorman HS, York HS, and has been a choreographer, technician and clinician for numerous winter and color guards in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.
Phillip Rainer, visual designer
Phillip Rainer is a science teacher at Fort Mill HS where he also directs the Fort Mill Area Winter Guard and Etude Winter Guard. He is a sought-after drill designer and visual designer in the Southeast and beyond. Mr. Rainer has been assisting the Byrnes Guard for two years now and we love having him around!
