Has been a music educator in Virginia for the last 19 years teaching elementary, middle, high school and college ensembles.   He designs drill for several high school and college programs across the country and works specifically the 500 strong James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes, and the WGI medalist JMU Nuance Winterguard.  Jerry has helped write and stage over 200 marching arts productions for bands, winterguards, and drumlines.  His designs have been featured in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, featured on Flo Marching and shared on CollegeMarching.com.   Growing out of his master thesis on student leadership development, he has also trained well over 1200 drum majors as a Lead Instructor with the JMU Summer Band Camps.  As a judge he is WGI certified in general effect, and appears regularly with shows in the Atlantic Indoor Association, Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association, and the Virginia Marching Band Cooperative.  As a certified welder and fabricator he combines a construction background with scenery designs for school plays and musicals as well as making custom pieces for marching arts clients.