Mr. Pritner is currently in his twenty-eighth year as an assistant band director; twenty-five with Union Public Schools and three with Jenks Public Schools. Mr. Pritner is also on music faculty with the Tulsa Community College Music Department where he is the adjunct professor of low brass applied study and ensemble.

Mr. Pritner received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education with a minor in Music Technology from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) and his Master of Education degree in Administration from The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK). Mr. Pritner has studied tuba under Arnold Jacobs, Rex Martin, Charles Daellenbach, Pat Crumpley, Mark Moore, Scott Watson, and Mark Mordue and conducting under John P. Paynter, Mallory Thompson, John Thomson, Frederick Ockwell, Ray Cramer, Dean Cole, and Leigh Burns.

Mr. Pritner has performed tuba with numerous organizations including the Northwestern University band programs, The Star of Indiana - Brass Theater II, Tulsa's Signature Symphony, Tulsa's Starlight Band, Star of Indiana Alumni Corps 2010, The Spotlight Brass, and various other brass ensembles, community bands and orchestras in the Tulsa area as well as freelance. He has also served as a guest clinician with area programs and honor bands. Mr. Pritner has successfully written and been awarded several grants including education foundation grants at Union, Jenks, and was a 2006 Fund for Teachers Fellow.

Mr. Pritner has served as President of the Northeast Oklahoma Band Director’s Association (NBDA) for three years, Vice-President of NBDA for six years and Vice-President of the Union Classroom Teacher's Association for two years. He continues to represent Union’s certified teachers as part of the bargaining unit for contract negotiations. He has twice led the Union Eighth Grade Band as a Middle School Honor Band at the Oklahoma Music Educator's Association convention both in 2003 and 2017. Mr. Pritner has served as a staff member with performances in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Bands of America National Concert Band Festival, Bands of America Grand National Finals, and Oklahoma Bandmasters Association 6A State Champions. Mr. Pritner is a proud member of NafME, OkMEA, NEA, OEA, NBDA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Who's Who among American HS Students, American College Students, and American Teachers. Mr. Pritner graduated Valedictorian, All-State (Band), and Oklahoma Governor’s Scholar in Music (Oklahoma Education Award for Arts Excellence) from Western Heights High School in Oklahoma City, OK.

In addition to teaching band, Mr. Pritner has served as the Area Director for the State of Oklahoma with People to People Student Ambassador Programs and Academic Primary Leader for Ambassador Leaders. He has taught and facilitated leadership programs at Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Columbia, George Washington, and Stanford Universities and has traveled extensively throughout the United States in addition to over 32 international countries.