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EAU GALLIE MARCHING COMMODORES 2007-08 BAND STAFF
THOMAS SINGLETARY Thomas Singletary is a native of Statesboro, Georgia. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Florida State University where he was under the direction of James Croft, Bentley Shellahamer, and Robert Sheldon. Mr. Singletary also holds a Master of Music from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana where he studied conducting with Donald Schleicher and James Keene. Mr. Singletary taught band at Albany (GA) Middle School from 1992-95 and was appointed Director of Bands at Eau Gallie High School in 1996. The band program at Eau Gallie has been recognized as an outstanding program at many Florida Bandmasters District and State Festivals and has performed on several occasions at the National Adjudicators Invitational, where the band received the Festival Honor Award in Washington, DC in 2004.
LAURA SINGLETARY
Mrs. Singletary has presented clinics at the Florida Bandmasters Association summer convention on two occasions, addressing the unique qualities of a middle school band program and subjects such as classroom management, motivation, and instruction. In 2006, Mrs. Singletary was selected as the Teacher of the Year for Johnson Middle School, and was further selected as one of the eight finalists for Teacher of the Year for the Brevard County School District. Most recently, Mrs. Singletary was selected as the conductor for the Florida All-State Middle School Band for 2009.
DAVID
THORNTON David Thornton is in his first year of teaching at Eau Gallie High School. He graduated from Florida State University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Music Education and a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance. While at FSU, he was a member of the University Wind Orchestra, Philharmonia and Symphonic Band, where he was principal clarinetist for two years. He studied clarinet with Dr. Deborah Bish and Dr. Frank Kowalsky. During his time at FSU he was actively involved with the "World Renowned Florida State University Marching Chiefs," which in his last year, he was the band's Head Drum Major. He holds active memberships in the Music Educators National Conference, the Florida Music Educators Association, and the Florida Bandmasters Association. Mr. Thornton is also a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America Inc.
BOBBY
BLUM Bobby Blum is an active educator, performer, composer and clinician throughout Florida. Bobby is originally from Orlando, Florida and now lives in Melbourne, Florida with his wife Gevonne and daughter Riley. He is a graduate of Lake Mary High School and Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. While at Rollins he earned a B.A. in Music Performance and studied with Beth Gottlieb. As an educator and arranger, he has worked with many middle and high school music programs throughout the state. His private students consistently perform in county and state honor bands, solo and ensemble festivals, drum and bugle corps, local and state percussion festivals and summer music camps. Many of his students have gone on to major in music at the university level. Several of his former students are now percussion instructors across Florida.
Bobby Blum has been the Director of Percussion at Eau Gallie High School for nine years. Under his direction, Eau Gallie has earned numerous awards. His marching percussion ensemble has won the "High Percussion Award" three times at the Crown Jewel Marching Festival in Vero Beach, Florida. The Eau Gallie High School percussion ensemble performed at the USF Marimba Festival in 2005 and the Microsoft Global Business Convention in Atlanta, Georgia in 2004. Bobby is a much sought after clinician and judge. He has judged at both the district and state level for Solo and Ensemble and for several marching band contests. He has presented percussion seminars for local band directors and at the FMEA Summer Convention in 2004.
JENNIFER CORTEZ Jennifer Cortez is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi where she received a Baccalaureate in Mathematics with a Minor in Computer Science and a Baccalaureate in Educational Psychology. Formerly a mathematics teacher for Brevard County Schools, Mrs. Cortez is presently an aerospace software test engineer at Kennedy Space Center. She was Color Guard Captain for the USM Pride Marching Band and is a Drum Corps International Alumnus. A mother of twin-teenage daughters and a second grade son, Mrs. Cortez has 21 years of Color Guard Choreographer experience and 17 years Color Guard Coaching experience. She has been the Color Guard Director for the Eau Gallie High School Color Guard for 7 years.
DOUG MOSER
Jill Carrick is a graduate of the State University of New York at Fredonia where she received her B.A. in Music Education. Ms. Carrick plays a variety of instruments including bassoon, horn, percussion, saxophone, clarinet, and trumpet. Ms. Carrick taught band and orchestra at Stone Middle School in Palm Bay, Florida from 2005-07 where she was a member of the staff for the Palm Bay High School Marching Band. She was recently named Director of Instrumental Music at Kennedy Middle School in Rockledge, Florida. Ms. Carrick is a volunteer firefighter and EMT.
CRAIG VASILE Craig Vasile is a graduate of the University of Florida where he received his B.S. degree in Decision and Information Sciences in 2002. In December of 2006 Craig also received his Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Webster University. Mr. Vasile has been employed at Northrop Grumman Corporation since May of 2001 in the Business Management Organization where he currently works financials and acquisitions on many government contracts. Craig is a graduate of Eau Gallie High School where he was Drumline Captain in 1997-98.
ALLISON
WAVRA Allison Wavra is a full time student at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. She is currently pursuing her Bachelors degree in Aviation Management Flight Option and participates in many of the schools flight programs and nationally known aviation organizations. She also spent one year with the nationally recognized Florida Tech Infinity Dance Team. Allison is a graduate of Eau Gallie High School where she was Color Guard Captain in her junior and senior year. In the fall of 2006, Allison attended numerous Drum and Bugle Corp Audition Camps with the Boston Crusaders, Glassmen, and Troopers.
Barry Canfield attended Indiana University where he studied English Education and was a member of the IU Drumline. His teachers include Tim Miller, Don Barrett, Joel Brainard, and Anthony Cirone. Barry has worked with many high school percussion programs in Indiana, and his groups have been successful in both marching band competitions and the Winter Guard International Indoor Drumline activity. |
Mrs.
Laura Singletary is a native of Valdosta, Georgia and a graduate of Valdosta High School. She is in her tenth year
as Director of Bands at L.B. Johnson Middle School and Assistant Director at Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida.
Laura previously taught band at Edgewood Middle School in Merritt Island, Florida, and at Radium Springs Middle School in
Albany, Georgia. She holds undergraduate degrees in Music Education and Flute Performance from The Florida State
University, and a Master’s degree in Music Education from The University of Illinois. Since 1998, the Johnson band
program has grown in both size and achievement, and the program presently includes 200 students in five course offerings
of instrumental instruction. The band has consistently achieved high honors during the past 8 years, including many
successful performances at District Concert festival and Solo and Ensemble festival. In addition to her duties at
Johnson, Laura is a creative consultant and drill designer for marching bands in the Central Florida area, including the
210-member Eau Gallie High School Marching Commodores. In 2006, Mrs. Singletary helped create the Central Florida
Middle School Jazz Workshop which is specifically designed for middle school jazz ensembles and consists of performance
and clinic opportunities with noted jazz educators from around the country. 
Doug
Moser is an active educator, performer, composer and arranger throughout Florida, with particular emphasis in the various
areas of percussion. As a performer, Doug has played with a variety of ensembles, including: the Florida West Coast
Symphony, the Southwest Florida Symphony, the Brass Band of Central Florida, the Space Coast Pops, and the Bach Festival
Orchestra of Winter Park. His percussion students consistently perform in county and state honor bands, solo and ensemble
festivals, drum and bugle corps, indoor marching percussion ensembles, local and state percussion festivals and concerts,
and summer music camps. He is a graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, from where he earned the Bachelor of
Arts Degree in Music. Doug is now pursing his M.M. in Percussion Performance at the University of South Florida, where he
is studying under Robert McCormick, Dr. Michael Robinson, and Dr. William Wiedrich. His numerous duties as a graduate
assistant with the USF Herd of Thunder Marching Band include instructing and arranging for the marching percussion
ensemble.
JILL
CARRICK
BARRY
CANFIELD