Dr. Garrett Rigsby has been fortunate to have held an eclectic career as an educator and conductor, leading bands, orchestras, operas, choirs, and cutting-edge new music ensembles, among others. He currently serves as the Director of the UC Davis Marching Band at the University of California, Davis. He also directs the University Campus Band in the Music Department during Winter and Spring Quarters. Prior to his appointment at UC Davis, Dr. Rigsby served as an Assistant Conductor at the UMKC Conservatory in Kansas City, MO. 

Rigsby has conducted such ensembles as the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Pacific Boychoir, as well as student ensembles at the UMKC Conservatory, Michigan State University, Cleveland Institute of Music, and UC Davis. His primary conducting mentors include Robert Olson, Christian Baldini, Jeffrey Thomas, and Eric Hammer. He has also studied under such conductors as Kevin Noe, Markand Thakar, Marin Alsop, Carl Topilow, Harold Farberman, Robert Bode, Steve Davis, and Nicolas Waldvogel.

Rigsby earned his bachelor of music degree in music history from the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific. He advanced his conducting training at the University of California, Davis, where he received a master’s degree in conducting. In 2019, he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory. Rigsby is a member of the College Band Directors National Association and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.