2026 Trojan Marching Invitational
Judge Information
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Randall Coleman: Music Effect
Randall Coleman is currently Head of the Music Department, Director of Bands and the Frances Hall Hill Professor of Music at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. At UTC, Professor Coleman serves as the conductor of the UTC Wind Ensemble and oversees a vibrant and growing university band program that includes the Marching Mocs, the Pep Band and the Symphonic Band. Professor Coleman also teaches various courses in the graduate program which features online coursework with an intensive two-week program each summer. Prior to joining the faculty at UTC in July 2021, Mr. Coleman was the Associate Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Alabama where he served for 14 years as the conductor of the Alabama Symphonic Band as the Associate Director of the Million Dollar Band. Professor Coleman also serves as Conductor and Artistic Director of the Alabama Winds, an all-adult community wind band based in Birmingham, Alabama. Prior to his appointment to the faculty at the University of Alabama, Mr. Coleman enjoyed a successful 25-year career as a high school band director and supervisor in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, and the Master of Music Education degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. During his teaching career in Georgia, Mr. Coleman was an active member of the Georgia Music Educators’ Association, where he held the office of President, First Vice-President and State Band Division Chair. Under Professor Coleman’s direction, the Milton High School Wind Ensemble performed at the 2004 GMEA Inservice Conference, the 2004 Bands of America National Concert Band Festival, and the 2006 National Convention of the Music Educators’ National Conference. At the University of Alabama, Professor Coleman has conducted the Alabama Symphonic Band at the 2014 and 2020 College Band Directors’ National Association Southern Regional Convention, and the 2012 Alabama Music Educators’ Conference. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Wind Ensemble performed as the featured collegiate ensemble at the 2025 East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association’s “All-East Region Band Festival”. This marked the first invitational performance in the history of the UTC Wind Ensemble. Professor Coleman has conducted the University of Alabama Million Dollar Band in performances in every major collegiate bowl game and at 7 National Championship games. Under his direction, the Alabama Winds has given invitational performances at the 2015 and 2019 Alabama Music Educators’ Association Inservice Conference, the 2016 University of Alabama Honor Band Festival, the 2020 Samford University Honor Band Festival and at the 2017 Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Professor Coleman has also conducted all state bands and all region bands across the country, most recently serving as the conductor of the Nevada 11th and 12th grade All State Band conductor. A strong proponent of new music for wind band, he has commissioned or participated in consortiums for 11 new pieces for wind band. He has been published six times as a Research Associate to the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band book series published by GIA publications Professor Coleman is an elected member in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association and is currently serving as Immediate Past-President of the National Band Association. Professor Coleman also holds membership in the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, the Tennessee Music Educators’ Association, the Georgia Music Educators’ Association, the Alabama Music Educators’ Association, and Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters’ Fraternity. |
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Blair Calloway: Music Ensemble
Blair Callaway is currently an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education at Jacksonville State University. Blair taught high school band for twenty-eight years at Heritage HS, Gilmer HS, Foley HS (AL), Alma Bryant HS (AL), and Russellville HS (AL). He marched with the Guardsmen, Cavaliers and Suncoast Sound Drum and Bugle Corps. Blair is a member of the National Association for Music Education, Alabama Music Educators Association, American School Band Directors Association, National Band Association, Georgia Association of Jazz Educators and the Epsilon Nu Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is the 2018 Heritage High STAR Teacher, 2015 Heritage High School Teacher of the Year and is a member of Phi Beta Mu. He has received the NBA Citation of Excellence four times and his bands have received the GMEA Exemplary Performance Award three times. Blair is a Past President of the American School Band Directors Association. He has been an instructor for the U.S. Army All American Band and has performed with the Tara Winds at the 2015 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and the 2021 Alabama Winds at the Western International Band Clinic. Blair serves as the organist at Anniston United Methodist Church. |
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Chad Guess : Visual Effect
Chad Guess currently resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of North Alabama. He served as drum major and choreographer for the Marching Pride for three years and was president of the collegiate chapters of the Music Educators National Conference and Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity.
Currently, Chad is the Director of Enterprise Skill Development at Unum Group in Chattanooga, where he ensures meaningful development opportunities for employees in the US, UK, Ireland, and Poland.
Prior to Unum, Chad was a middle school instrumental music teacher for 21 years in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida. His concert and jazz ensembles consistently received superior ratings, and he achieved numerous successes in the marching arts and indoor pageantry arts. He served in multiple roles, including program coordinator, visual designer, and color guard director for programs such as Soddy Daisy High School, Dorman High School, and Seminole High School, all of which were Bands of America regional finalists. Chad also designed and directed both scholastic and independent winter guard programs that achieved competitive success in local circuits and Winter Guard International competitions.
Chad performed with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps as both a musician and a member of the color guard. As an instructor, designer, and program coordinator, he taught in the drum corps activity for 10 years with the Drum Corps International Finalist Colts and Magic of Orlando.
After moving from music education to the corporate world, Chad remains involved in the performing arts whenever possible and maintains a strong passion for the importance of music education in the lives of students.
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Caleb Rowland: Visual Ensemble
Caleb Rowland is a designer, consultant, and adjudicator based in Chattanooga. He received his Bachelor of Instrumental Music Education from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and is currently completing his Master’s in Education, also at UTC. Caleb has served as a music educator and consultant for marching bands, winter guards, and indoor ensembles across various schools in the Tennessee Valley, Middle Tennessee, and North Georgia areas. He is an active adjudicator with the East Tennessee Performing Arts Association and a member of the Gulf Coast Judges Association, which spans eight states in the Southeast. In his spare time, he plays with the Cookeville Community Band and enjoys fishing on the lake. Caleb is an educator in Hamilton County and lives on Signal Mountain. |
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Ethan McDaniel: Percussion
Ethan McDaniel currently serves as the Professor of Percussion at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and is an active performer and educator in the Chattanooga area. As a performer, Ethan has performed concerts throughout the United States. He has performed with the Bryan Symphony Orchestra, TTU Percussion Ensemble as they competed in the 2017 PASIC Ensemble Competition, and the UTK Percussion Ensemble. He has also performed with Grammy Nominated Quartets including So Percussion, Kronos Quartet, and Sandbox Percussion. He is an active marching percussion arranger and has arranged for the Soddy Daisy High School Band, White County High School Marching Band, Macon County Indoor Drumline, and Pride of the Southland Marching Band. As an educator, Ethan has taught percussion at multiple programs in Tennessee including Soddy Daisy HS, Oak Ridge High School, Farragut High School, Tennessee Tech University drumline, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville drumline. Ethan holds degrees from Tennessee Technological University (B.M.) and The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (M.M.). |
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Amy Stewart - Color Guard
Amy Stewart has been involved in colorguard and pageantry activities since 1992. She currently serves on the board of directors of CIPA to facilitate indoor marching opportunities. Her marching experience includes Infiniti Winterguard, the 2000 WGI Independent A Class Champion. She was also the co-director of Southeast Independent Winterguard, a three-time WGI Independent A Class Finalist. Amy has enjoyed judging and teaching marching band and winterguard in Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky. Professionally, Amy is a manager of hospital volunteers and auxiliary services. She resides in Johnson City, Tennessee. |
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