Windsor Bands Staff
Matt Bloch – Director of Windsor Bands
As Director of Bands at Windsor High School, Matt Bloch directs the Golden Brigade Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, two Jazz Ensembles, and Percussion Ensemble. Mr. Bloch began teaching at Windsor in the fall of 2024.
A Missouri native, Mr. Bloch earned a Bachelor’s in Music Education from the University of Missouri – St. Louis and most recently received his Master’s Degree from Texas A&M University – Commerce, where he worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. As a GTA at Commerce, Mr. Bloch worked closely with the Director of Bands and former TBA president Phil Clements, as well as the Associate Director of Bands Allan Goodwin, teaching the University Concert Band, the “Pride” Marching Band, and Jazz Ensembles 1 and 2.
Mr. Bloch began his career in education in 2016, teaching bands in Waco, TX, and working with both middle and high school students. He taught marching, jazz, and concert bands and founded the Texan Roughrider Basketball band at Tennyson Middle School.
Mr. Bloch is very excited to return to the St. Louis area to work with the excellent band program at Windsor High School.
Ryan Staines – Assistant Director
Ryan Staines is currently in his 6th year as the Assistant Band Director in the Windsor C-1 School District. At Windsor, Mr. Staines leads the middle school’s Beginning Band, Junior Band, and Cadet Band. He also leads the high school’s Symphonic Band, assisting with the Golden Brigade Marching Band. Mr. Staines is also the director of the school’s winter winds marching program, Windsor Indoor.
Prior to his time at Windsor, Mr. Staines earned his Bachelor of Arts in Instrumental Music and Master of Arts in Education from Truman State University. At Truman, he had the privilege of being in the trumpet studio led by Dr. Gregory Jones and Dr. Eric Dickson. He also spent time performing in Truman’s Wind Symphony I under the direction of Mr. Dan Peterson and Dr. Curran Prendergast.
Mr. Staines has been an active performer in the St. Louis area, spending time with the St. Louis Wind Symphony, University City Summer Band, and St. Charles Community Band. He also had the opportunity to perform with the Bluecoats’ 50th Anniversary Alumni Corps at Drum Corps International’s 2022 World Championship event.
Jessica Williams – Windsor Guard Director
Jessica has been involved with the pageantry arts for over two decades. She has trained mainly in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and musical theater. She became a competition dancer in Detroit, MI where she lived from 1998-2005 and continued her training in college as part of the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine arts at Webster University, from 2005-2009. In 2009 she graduated with a degree from Webster University in Math and Dance. In 2010 she started at Windsor High School with the Windsor Golden Brigade Marching Band as the movement coordinator, and took over as the Director of Color Guard in 2011. She has been working with the Windsor Golden Brigade and Color/Winter Guard ever since. In 2015 she performed with Avidity Independent of McKendree University in the Independent World division. At Windsor High School Jessica has led the Color Guard to receive many “Outstanding Auxiliary” award captions over the years with the Windsor Golden Brigade. In 2018 she worked with the Inaugural Windsor Indoor Winds program and helped lead them to an MCCGA Silver Medal. She has also led the indoor Winter Guard to an MCCGA Silver Medal 2021, MCCGA Bronze Medal 2022, WGI Finalist in 2023, and MCCGA Gold Medal 2023.
In addition to working with the Windsor Band and Guard programs, Jessica works full-time as a Network Engineer for Verizon. Jessica is excited to see the Windsor Golden Brigade continue to grow and can’t wait to see what the future holds for the Windsor Band and Guard programs.