Aaron Rex

Aaron Rex joined the Mason City Schools' band department in 2020. Originally from Perrysburg, Ohio, he received his Bachelor of Music Education from Kent State University and Master of Music Education from Bowling Green State University. Aaron currently serves as one of the beginning band directors at Mason Intermediate School. Before transitioning to Mason Intermediate School for the 2025-2026 school year, Aaron served as the band team lead at Mason Middle School where he team taught the 7th and 8th grade concert bands and jazz bands. During his tenure at Mason Middle School, the MMS Symphonic Winds were invited to perform at the OMEA Professional Development Conference in both 2022 and 2025, and received 3rd place in the youth/school band division of the American Prize in Band Performance for 2025. Aaron has also served on the director team for the William Mason High School Marching Band, a perennial Bands of America Grand National Championship Finalist.

Prior to coming to Mason, Aaron served as Director of Bands for the Brecksville-Broadview Heights City Schools and Jackson City Schools in Ohio. While at Jackson, the 6-12 band program nearly doubled in size and encompassed over 25% of the student body at Jackson High School. Ensembles under his direction have consistently earned "Superior" ratings at adjudicated events and have performed at the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) Professional Development Conference, Severance Hall in Cleveland, the Field Museum in Chicago, Kent State University, and Walt Disney World in Orlando. A versatile conductor and educator, Aaron is one of very few band directors in Ohio to have had high school, middle school, and jazz bands all invited to perform at the OMEA Professional Development Conference. Aaron has been named a Semifinalist for both the Music & Arts Music Educator of the Year and the Grammy Music Educator Awards, and most recently the 2026 Perrysburg Bands Outstanding Alumni Award.

Aaron is a sought after adjudicator and clinician in Ohio and Kentucky, having been invited to present clinics at the OMEA Professional Development Conference, various universities throughout Ohio including the Complete Band Director Workshop at Capital University, American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA) regional conferences, and three times at the Midwest International Band & Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. In addition to teaching, Aaron has also served in various leadership roles for OMEA, including his current position as OMEA District 13 President. Additionally, Aaron is an active arranger and drill writer for non-competitive marching bands in Ohio, Co-Conductor of the University of Cincinnati Community Band, and teaches private brass and music theory lessons through Queen City Music Studio in West Chester.

While at Kent State University, Aaron served as Drum Major for the Marching Golden Flashes for two years and performed with the Kent State University Wind Ensemble at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. He studied advanced conducting with Drs. Wayne Gorder and Scott Seaton and trombone/euphonium with David Mitchell and Chas Baker. He holds memberships in the American School Band Directors Association, Ohio Music Education Association, and Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity.