Clinicians

2018 Honor Band Clinicians

Middle School Bands

Southerners Band

Valerie Morgan

Gamecock Band

Dr. Zandra Bell-McRoy

High School Bands

Wind Ensemble

Rob Grice

Rob Grice's career as a music educator spans over 30 years and includes teaching at the elementary, secondary and university levels. His teaching tenures include Geneva High School (AL), Dauphin Jr. High (AL), Troy University / Adjunct Professor,Enterprise State Community College / Adjunct Professor, Hangzhou International School (China) and Dulwich College International (China). Mr. Grice has served as guest conductor and clinician throughout much of the United States as well as China, Canada, Singapore and Oman. In 2010, Mr. Grice traveled to Oman to conduct the American International School of Muscat High School Symphonic Band in the premiere performance of "Mountain of the Sun”. Other appearances include the International Asian Middle School Honor Band (Singapore), International Music Camp (International Peace Gardens), Mississippi All State Band Festival - Blue Band, North Dakota Bandmasters Jr High All State Band, Coe College Festival of Bands (Iowa), Las Vegas-Clark County Music Festival (Nevada), Dynamix: All China International Music Festival (China) and numerous other regional festivals, events and honor bands.

As a Composer, Mr. Grice's compositions have been performed widely within the United States as well as internationally, including Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. His original works and arrangements have been selected for performance at the Midwest Clinic, Society of Wind Instruments (Germany), Texas Music Educators Conference, Carnegie Hall, Bands of America Events, as well as numerous state and regional events. His music was featured on Japan's JVC Victor Entertainment BRN Compact Disc Series, a standard interpretive reference source for Japan's school music program. He receives many requests to commission new concert works and creates numerous publications for concert band and string orchestra each year. His most recent commissions include the Iowa Bandmasters Association, Connecticut Music Educators Association, Concordia International School (Shanghai, China), Association of Music in International Schools (United Kingdom), North Dakota Bandmasters Jr. High All-State Band, Milburn-Short Hills Township Education Foundation (New Jersey), The American International School of Muscat (Oman) Mountain Brook Band (AL) and Lyndonville Central School District (New York). His Compositions have gained much popularity among music educators and students alike and have been selected for numerous state, national and international contest music list.

Red Band

Barbara Baker

Recipient of the 2017-2018 SBO “50 Directors Who Make a Difference in America” award, Barbara Baker is celebrating her 19th year at McIntosh High School where she currently serves as Director of Bands. In 2016 Ms. Baker was selected as the teacher most likely to place a musician in the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Ms. Baker studied music at Jacksonville State University in Alabama. Under Ms. Baker’s instruction her bands have earned superior ratings at Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Evaluation and have received several prestigious performance invitations throughout the United States. Ms. Baker is a concert and marching band adjudicator in Alabama and Georgia. She is also a well known concert and marching band clinician throughout the Southeast. Ms. Baker conducted the Georgia Music Educators Association District Honor Band for District Eight and she was a National Grammy Educator Finalist. She has been a Star Teacher, Who’s Who Among Teachers, Organizing Chair for District Festival, Solo Ensemble, Honor Band, and Georgia Music Education Association District Treasurer. Ms. Baker is a member of the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA), and previously held positions as President of Delta Omicron, Honor Band Clinician, Marching Band Adjudicator, Concert Band Adjudicator, Concert Band Clinician, Marching Band Clinician and Spirit Camp Instructor. Ms. Baker has performed with the Cobb Wind Symphony at the CBDNA in 2002 and at the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Convention in December 2003. She has also performed in 2004 and 2007 at the GMEA Music cConference with the Cobb Wind Symphony. Under Ms. Baker’s direction, the concert and marching bands have consistently earned superior ratings at LGPE and Marching Band competitions.

White Band

Tracy Wright

Tracy D. Wright is in his second year as the Director of Bands at Ringgold High School. For the previous 23 years he served as the Director of Bands at Ringgold Middle School and Assistant Director of the Marching Tiger Band. He also serves on the Operations Staff for the American Band College in Ashland, OR and the Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, WA. At ABC and WIBC, Mr. Wright has had the privilege to work and collaborate with the best in the business including Frank Wickes,
Paula Crider, David Holsinger, Johan de Meij, Frank Ticheli, Joe Alessi, Eugene Rousseau, Doc Severinsen, the Canadian Brass, and Colonel Arnald Gabriel.

Mr. Wright was named the RMS Teacher of the Year for the 2000-2001 academic year and has received three Citation of Excellence awards from the National Band Association (2002, 2005, 2011). Mr. Wright is a member of several professional organizations and an elected member of the ASBDA and Phi Beta Mu . He has served GMEA as District VII band chair, and Vice-President of All-State events for the State of Georgia.

Bands under Mr. Wright’s direction have performed twice at the Southeastern United States Band Clinic in Troy, AL, the GMEA In-Service Conference, the University of Georgia’s Mid-Fest, and the bi-centennials of The White House (2000) and The Star-Spangled Banner (2014). In 2018, the RHS Band will perform at Young Harris College and Carnegie Hall in New York City.
The RMS band received a commendation from the Governor of Georgia in 2000 and performs regularly at the State capitol in Atlanta. The band also received numerous superior ratings at GMEA and regional festivals was awarded the GMEA “Exemplary Performance Award” in 2012.
The RHS Marching Tiger Band has won numerous championships, performed in the New York City Veteran’s Day parade (2006, 2012), the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day parade (2011), the Atlanta Christmas Parade (2016), and traveled to The Bahamas and Canada.

A marching, concert, and jazz band clinician and adjudicator, Mr. Wright most recently conducted the South Carolina All-State Band and the State Honors Ensemble of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Mr. Wright was awarded the Master of Music in Conducting from the American Band College at Southern Oregon University in 2004. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL in 1992. At JSU, Mr. Wright served as a drum major of the nationally renowned Marching Southerners, and was a student of Ronald C. Attinger and David L. Walters.

A native of Ringgold, Georgia, Mr. Wright is a member of Quitman Lodge No. 106, Free & Accepted Masons, the York Rite and Scottish Rite. He lives in Chickamauga with his wife Amy, the media specialist at Ringgold Primary School, and their daughter Georgia Lou. Mr. Wright serves as an Elder and is active in the music department at Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Chattanooga, TN.