Directors & Staff
Director of Bands - North Lincoln High School
Matt Minick
Matt Minick is a 1989 Magna Cum Laude graduate of East Carolina University with a Bachelors degree in music education. He also is a National Board certified teacher in adolescent music education.
Mr. Minick taught for 11 years at Fieldale-Collinsville High School and George Washington Carver Middle School before moving to Cary High School in NC where he taught for 19 years. Mr. Minick has taught middle school since 2019 in Lynchburg Virginia at Linkhorne Middle School and assisted at E.C. Glass High School until his selection as director at North Lincoln High School. He was a member of the 1987 World Champion Garfield Cadets and writes music arrangements for bands across North Carolina and Virginia.
Mr. Minick also judges marching band and concert bands across the region.
Director of Bands - North Lincoln Middle School
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Hornline Instructor
Andrew Quillen
Andrew is a Lincoln County native and was a member of the inaugural North Lincoln Band of Knights in 2003, as well as part of the school's first graduating class in 2005. He returned to North Lincoln in 2008 as a hornline instructor for the marching band and has been a part of the teaching staff for the North Lincoln Indoor Winds since the ensemble was founded in 2023. Since 2016, he has also served as the public address announcer for the annual Roundtable Tournament of Bands. As a proud alumnus, Andrew is honored to give back to the program that helped shape him and remains dedicated to supporting North Lincoln's tradition of excellence.
Brass/Visual Technician
Lily Driscoll
Lily Driscoll is currently the brass/visual technician for the Band of Knights. She has been on staff since graduating from North Lincoln in 2024, where she marched Baritone since 8th grade. Lily also participated in multiple years of the South Central All-District Band on her primary instrument, euphonium. Lily currently attends UNC-Charlotte majoring in Political Science and minoring in Film. She completed her first year at Appalachian State University where she was a member of the Marching Mountaineers and Concert Band, while also studying euphonium under Dr. Samuel Ambrose.
Lily enjoys sharing her love for the marching arts by helping students reach their full potential as musicians, marchers, and people. Go Knights!
Color Guard Instructors
Nikki Parker & Kaylee Biggers
Nikki Parker (left) and Kaylee Biggers (right) graduated from A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, in 2019. Nikki graduated from Appalachian State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Commercial Photography and Kaylee is currently enrolled at App State studying to be a Veterinarian Technician.
Both Nikki and Kaylee have spun in WGI with The District Presented by Étude, Étude A and Étude World. They are thrilled to once again be part of the North Lincoln Band of Knights.