Mark Monaghan is a NJ based musician and educator. Currently, Mr Monaghan is the middle school band director at Eisenhower Middle School as well as the District Percussion Specialist grades 5-12 in Roxbury, NJ. As such, he conducts both the 7th and 8th grade concert bands as well as the Eisenhower Middle School Jazz Band and Honors Band. Additionally, he teaches all percussion lessons grades 5-12 and assists with the teaching of all three curricular bands at Roxbury High School. Mr. Monaghan is the Assistant Director of the Roxbury High School Marching Gaels and Roxbury Sound as well as the RHS Indoor Percussion program.
As a graduate of Rutgers University, he holds degrees in both music education (percussion focus) and psychology. Mr. Monaghan has worked with numerous scholastic percussion and marching ensembles in New Jersey as well as with various independent musical organizations such as The Santa Clara Vanguard (battery technician), United Percussion and The Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps (percussion/music coordinator). He has also worked with his alma mater, the Rutgers University Marching Scarlet Knights, since 2016. Mark would like to thank his teachers for their immeasurable impact on his musical career as well as for their selflessness and energy: Joseph Tompkins, Kyle Zerna, Mike Truesdell, Javier Diaz, Todd Nichols, Paul & Sandi Rennick and Kevin Chaffinch.