DIRECTORS
T. Jarred Carlton III is the Director of Bands at Ranchview High School. Mr Carlton earned his Masters in Music in Applied Music: Performance and Pedagogy from Oklahoma State University and also earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Northwestern State University.
Mr. Carlton is a versatile musician and music educator, he has taught Concert Bands, Marching Band and Jazz bands. While these programs were under the direction of Mr. Carlton, many of his bands have received consistent division one ratings at the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading competition. His marching bands have been finalists in many marching competitions as well as earning consistent division one ratings at the UIL Marching Competitions. Mr. Carlton's jazz Varsity and Junior Varsity ensembles have consistently won at many the Tarleton State Jazz Festival, UTA Jazz Festival, TCU Jazz Festival, TCC/Highlander Jazz Festival and has earned a National Certificate of Merit in the Essentially Ellington National jazz competition.
Prior to his appointment at Ranchview High School Mr. Carlton served at the as the Associate Director of Bands and Director of Jazz Studies at Boswell High School.
While at Boswell, Mr. Carlton assisted with the Boswell Band of Gold Marching Band and lead the Non-Varsity Band to earn a Sweepstakes Rating at Concert and Sightreading UIL. In his brief time at Boswell, Mr. Carlton lead two jazz bands where they competed at won in the 5A Varsiy and 5A Non-Varsity Category. Before Boswell, Mr. Carlton worked at Lamar High School in Arlington, TX. Mr. Carlton helped the Pride of Lamar Marching band earn their first Division 1 in Marching in 7 years and their first "Sweepstakes" in 8 years. Mr. Carlton was also at the helm of the jazz program where they consistently finished 1st or 2nd in the 6A Division of competitions, as well as earning a National Certificate of Merit in the Essentially Ellington National Jazz Competition.
Look for Mr. Carlton across the metroplex as he is a highly sought after clinician and adjudicator.
Eithan Moreno
Associate Band Director
morenoe@cfbisd.edu
MacKenzie Ellis
Associate Director/
Percussion Director
ellism@cfbisd.edu
Eithan Moreno is one of the Assistant Band Directors at Ranchview High School. Prior to his appointment at Ranchview, he student taught in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD at Colleyville Heritage High School with Gary Barnard and Colleyville Middle School with Lauren Jones.
A native of Fort Worth, Mr. Moreno graduated from Texas Christian University where he received his Bachelor's degree in Music Education. During his time at TCU, Mr. Moreno studied trumpet under Dr. Jon Burgess, where he played lead trumpet in the top jazz ensemble, was a founding member of TCU's Mariachi Sangre Royal, and performed in the TCU Wind Symphony under Bobby Francis. While in the Horned Frog Band, he served as a Section Leader.
Mr. Moreno has performed with Duffy Jackson, Rufus Reid, Jens Lindemann, and Pacho Flores during his time with the TCU Jazz Band. With the TCU Mariachi Sangre Royal, he has performed with Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez.
In his free time, Mr. Moreno enjoys spending time fishing, playing video games, working on his car, or watching sports.
MacKenzie Ellis was born in Texas and raised in Mont Belvieu. She is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University under the direction of Dr. Brad Meyer and Dr. Tamey Anglley. During her time at SFA, she was involved in many performing ensembles like Wind Ensemble, Lumberjack Marching Band, Steel Band, and Percussion Ensemble.
In addition to these ensembles, MacKenzie was a member of The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps during the years 2021 and 2022. She played vibraphone for the world class group and toured the country during her membership with The Cadets.
Also, MacKenzie is a member of the Texas Music Educators Associations and Percussive Arts Society.
Anya Sagues
Guard Director
saguesa@cfbisd.edu
Anya is a graduate of The Colony High School in The Colony, TX where she joined the winter guard in her freshman year after marching sousaphone in the fall, as well as playing tuba during concert season. After graduating high school, she marched her final season of color guard with the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps in 2018, and then continued on to college, attending the University of Texas at Dallas. She graduated from UTD in May 2022 with a degree in mathematics and a certification to teach math. Along with being a color guard director duties at the Ranch, she also teaches math! She is excited to see where this journey with the color guard takes her!
Coby Littleton
Marching Tech / Low Brass Consultant
Coby is a graduate of Corsicana High School in Corsicana, TX where he joined band playing Baritone/Euphonium in middle school til he graduated. Before and after graduating high school, he marched three seasons of DCI with the Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps in 2016, 2017 & 2018, and then continued on to college, attending Navarro College obtaining his Associates in Music in 2019. Next he moved onto the University of Texas at Arlington. He graduated from UTA in December 2023 with a degree in Music Education. Since then Coby has been teaching low brass methods across the district as well as working as a marching tech here at The Ranch! In his free time he likes take photos for The Ranch and playing video games.
Beth Cordes was born in Texas and raised in Carrollton. A proud product of Carrollton - Farmers Branch schools, she graduated from Newman Smith High School. Ms. Cordes attended the University of North Texas in Denton and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History and English, and then with a Master of Education.
In addition to being on our leadership team with the Ranchview High School Band program, Ms. Cordes is a faculty educator with Ranchview High School and teaches IB English.
Nat Lepura
Guard Director
Coming soon!