
About Grant Butters
Grant Butters is a teacher, instructor, and multi-instrumentalist based in Fairfax County in Virginia. He currently teaches at South County High School. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Music Business from Mansfield University.


Grant's Career
Grant Butters is currently a designer and consultant to numerous groups in the Northeast including the White Sabers and Reading Buccaneers. He is also the director of percussion at South County High School in Lorton, VA. After restarting their indoor program in 2014, the ensemble went on to become WGI Scholastic Open Finalist in 2017, 2018, World Class Finalist in 2019 and Independent A Bronze medalist in 2026. He has also worked with the Penn State Indoor Drumline, Fusion Core, the Hawthorne Caballeros, the George Mason University Indoor Drumline.Grant has performed with the Glassmen, the Hawthorne Caballeros as well as the Mansfield University Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble. He holds a B.A. degree in Music Business from Mansfield University as well as a M.E. in Special Education from George Mason University.Grant currently resides in Springfield, VA with his wife and 2 sons and works as a special education teacher at South County Middle School. He proudly endorses Innovative Percussion, Inc., Pearl Corporation, Remo Drumheads, and DREAM Cymbals.

Music Education
Grant was one of the first instructors at EPIC Percussion in Williamsport, PA before moving out of the area in 2013. Through Marc Garside's leadership, EPIC has become an amazing school for the percussive arts as well as a truly knowledgeable percussion retailer.
Grant is currently a special education teacher at South County Middle School in Fairfax County and is pursuing his Masters degree in special education at George Mason University.
























