Caroline Wright Pfisterer is a dynamic conductor, educator, and scholar currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Wind Conducting at the University of Georgia, where she serves as the Doctoral Conducting Associate. She holds a Master of Music Education with an emphasis in Instrumental Music from the University of Alabama, where she graduated with a 4.0 GPA, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Southeastern Louisiana University, graduating magna cum laude.

Caroline’s conducting experience spans a wide array of ensembles, including wind ensembles, symphonic bands, concert bands, marching bands, and chamber ensembles. At the University of Georgia, she has conducted the Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, Concert Bands. Additionally, Caroline has contributed significantly to the marching band program as a drill writer and show designer. She is also deeply involved in festival coordination and management, serving as the Assistant Director of Band Festivals and contributing to the rewriting of the Health and Safety Manual for the University of Georgia’s music program.

Her extensive teaching experience includes leadership roles at multiple universities, including the University of Alabama, where she worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and conducted a wide variety of ensembles, including a world-premiere performance of Prayer for Ukraine. Caroline has also served as a Pre-K music educator in various schools and has directed instrumental and choral programs at the K-12 level, including schools in Georgia, Louisiana, and Arkansas.  Additionally, her international teaching experience includes roles in China, where she taught at Disney English and coordinated cultural events.

A passionate advocate for music education, Caroline has been a clinician and coordinator for numerous community and university music education events, such as the Pfisterer/Eaddy Inaugural Undergraduate Conducting Symposium, the Alabama Music Educators Association Conference, and the University of Alabama Honor Band Clinic. She has published in the Teaching Music Journal. She continues to build her leadership and conducting skills by fostering environments and opportunities for undergraduate music educators to find their voice and style. 

Caroline’s performance background includes principal flute positions with the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Prague and performances with ensembles across the U.S. She has also appeared in several international venues, including Asia and Europe. An Osborne Fellowship recipient at the University of Georgia, Mike Moss Fellowship Recipient, and a previous Outstanding Graduating Music Education Student at both the University of Alabama and Southeastern Louisiana University, Caroline is an emerging leader in music education and conducting communities. Her professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education, the Georgia Music Educators Association, and the Graduate Wind Conductors Association.

Jack A. Eaddy, Jr., a native of Orangeburg, SC, is the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Georgia (UGA), where he conducts the Wind Symphony and teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Prior to his appointment at UGA, Dr. Eaddy served as Director of Athletic Bands at Western Carolina University, Assistant Director of Bands at McNeese State University and the University of South Carolina, where he assisted with athletic bands, including the award-winning, Pride of the Mountains Marching Band, Pride of McNeese Marching Band and the Carolina Band, as well as taught music education courses.

Dr. Eaddy has presented at state and national music conferences, including the Midwest Clinic and CBDNA National and Athletic Band Conferences. As a conductor, some of his honors include being a participant in the U.S. Pershing’s Own Army Band’s conducting workshop and receiving 2nd place for the 2020 American Prize in Conducting. He has contributed to the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series, published by GIA Music.Dr. Eaddy is an active drill writer, arranger, adjudicator, and clinician; and was a clinician at the inaugural National HBCU National Band Directors’ Conducting Symposium. Dr. Eaddy has earned a national reputation mentoring music directors and convenes two professional development seminars: Listen Up!!! score study sessions, and the Conductors’ reToolbox which focuses on strengthening music educators to have a life-long impact on students.

Before transitioning to higher education, Dr. Eaddy served as Director of Bands at Oak Ridge High School, where he developed a flourishing program that was recognized throughout the state of Florida for maintaining the highest standards in spite of the challenges that many of its students experienced. Dr. Eaddy received the Florida Music Educators Association Tom Bishop Award that recognizes a director in the state of Florida who has turned a program around, making a positive difference in a short amount of time. 

Dr. Eaddy earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from the University of North Texas. He holds a Master of Music in Wind Conducting from the University of Georgia, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Florida State University. His professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education, the College Band Directors National Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda, Music Honor Society. Dr. Eaddy is a 2022 GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year finalist. Dr. Eaddy is a Conn-Selmer clinician.

Dr. Eaddy and his lovely wife Dr. LaShonda L. Eaddy, a public relations and crisis communications professor, have two beautiful daughters, Jillian and Jordyn.

Anthony Morris is a conductor, educator, and advocate. Mr. Morris is currently the Assistant Director of Bands at Null Middle School in Houston, Texas. Before joining NMS, Mr. Morris was a Master’s Conducting Associate at the University of Georgia where he assisted in teaching beginning and advanced conducting courses, conducted the five performing ensembles, and served as a teaching assistant for the Redcoat Marching Band. Prior to graduate study, Mr. Morris served as the director of bands and choirs at Wildwood Middle High School, where he was responsible for the instruction and administration of the middle and high school concert bands, marching band, music theory, and choir program. Mr. Morris has received the opportunity to conduct the United States Air Force Band as a United States Air Force Conducting Fellow. He has also appeared as a guest conductor with the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own" and was named a Conducting Fellow for the H. Robert Reynolds Conducting Institute at the 76th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. His passion for music education has led him to create the Relative Pitch Podcast which discusses modern issues regarding music education and helps pave the way for much-needed change to make a more diverse, enriching, and equitable music community. Through his advocacy efforts, Mr. Morris has presented sessions at the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic, the College Band Directors National Association Conference, the Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference, and the Florida Music Education Association Conference.