Mr. Fairbanks has taught at Centerville HS (OH) since 1997, serving as the Marching Percussion Director until 2011. He is currently the Drill Designer for the Centerville marching band and indoor drumline, where his groups are consistent National Finalists at BOA Grand National Championships and Scholastic World Finalists at the WGI World Championships. Centerville is the 1999 Scholastic Open Champion and 2004 WGI Scholastic World Champion.

Mr. Fairbanks is the Program Coordinator and Visual Designer for Rhythm X, the 2008 and 2009 WGI Independent World Class Champions, and was the Drill Designer for the Bluecoats from Canton, OH from 2009-2011. He is a designer and clinician for The Senators Drum and Bugle Corps (Eastleigh, England), and Aimachi Indoor Percussion (Nagoya, Japan). Tim is the Vice President of Percussion for WGI Sport of the Arts, serving on the WGI Board of Director's Executive Committee, in addition to membership on the WGI Percussion Advisory Board and Steering Committee. Tim is an internationally in-demand clinician, designer, arranger and adjudicator.