Meet Our Musicians

Music Director

Dr. Casey Thomas, DMA

Originally from Cedartown, Georgia, Dr. Casey Thomas is Assistant Professor of Trombone at Jacksonville State University. Dr. Thomas completed both his Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in trombone performance and pedagogy from The University of Iowa in Iowa City and his Bachelor’s degree in music education from JSU. He has served as a low brass instructor with The Cavaliers (www.cavaliers.org) and The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps (www.cadets.org). Dr. Thomas is the principal trombonist of the Gadsden Symphony Orchestra, bass trombonist with the Rome (Georgia) Symphony Orchestra and has performed with various ensembles throughout the U.S. and Canada.  

Dr. Thomas is married to Teresa Beary (a tubist) and together they have two cats, Bubs and Lester. 

Bolded BBoH Personnel names are performing in the current concert cycle:

Percussion

Sophia Suante
Lauren Dauro
Shawna Sherbert
Garrett Liles
Erin Brizic