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 cats.
PERSONNEL
** - Founding Member
Cornet
Adam Dauro – Principal
Mike Keeley
Ben Winslett
Connor Hughes
Zach Hill – Eb Soprano
John Simmons
Travis Rivord Christopher George
Adam Chynoweth George Kraft ** Maia Shadrick (YBA)
PERCUSSION
Sofia Suante Judy Stiles Lauren Dauro Gage Edmondson
FLUGELHORN
Tim Patterson **
Tenor Horn
Kent Eversmeyer
Hannah Hill
Zac Rohner
Mary Dahlberg
Baritone
Lyndsay Coats
Jack Tribble
Euphonium
Michael Sanford
Kyle Fletcher
Jorin Benson
Tenor Trombone
Doug Bristol
Robert Slamp
Bass Trombone
Nathan Daniels Anna Jennings
TUBA
James Hopkins - BBb
Dale Bloodworth – BBb Billy Walker -EEb John Inness - EEb