Mr. Baxter served as the Supervisor of Music/Coordinator Elementary Art for the Abington School District in Abington, Pennsylvania from August of 1992 until his retirement in June of 2017. Formerly he served as Music Coordinator for in in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Prior to moving into an administrative role, Mr. Baxter was a band director and choral director in Alabama.
Mr. Baxter has served as timpanist for the Abington Symphony Orchestra, the Bucks County Symphony, and as percussionist for the Worship Team at New Life Community Church.
Mr. Baxter serves as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the north and southeast. As a conductor his ensembles consistently received superior ratings in concert, marching, and jazz festivals. His marching bands have performed in the Macy’s Thanksgivings Day Parade, Dallas Cowboys, and New Orleans Saints football games. He has directed students in performance with Shania Twain at the First Union Center in Philadelphia.
