Announcing the 2023 Music Caption Leads
Our musical instructional staff leaders come with a wealth of experience and credentials for an unforgettable 75th season.
This year we welcome back many familiar faces, some in new leadership roles, as well as a new face bringing champion-caliber experience and expertise.
Keith Tye: Brass Caption Manager
Matt “Gameboy” Owen: Brass Caption Co-Manager
Josh Brickey: Percussion Caption Manager
Russell Wharton: Percussion Caption Coordinator
Rick Drewry: Percussion Caption Coordinator
Keith Tye joins The Cavaliers brass team after spending 2019-2022 as Brass Caption Head for the Blue Knights. His other educational experience includes brass instruction at three-time world championship Rhythm X Winds, and Carmel High School, where he learned from and taught with Richard Saucedo. He’s worked with numerous outstanding high school programs, and participated in drum corps as a marching member for 5 years, including Carolina Crown’s 2013 World Championship season. “I am thrilled to be joining this amazing organization with such a storied history and culture” says Tye. “I am ready to get to work with this amazing staff and tremendously talented membership.” Click Here for Full Biography
Matt Owen (lovingly known as “Gameboy") returns to The Cavaliers for his seventh year on staff, this year in a leadership role. He’s been involved with the drum corps activity in some capacity every year since aging out in 2005. He is an active member of the 129th Army Band based in Nashville, and performs with Admiral Phunk Brass Band as well as Eclectic Tuba, a group he created in 2012. He has composed 50+ works for tuba and electronics, and has toured the world performing with groups such as Stanton Moore and the Galactic, Better than Ezra, The Wailers, Jakes Ingalls of The Flaming Lips, Snoop Dog, and many others. “The Cavaliers were the first drum corps I ever saw perform live in 2001. They made me fall in love with the activity, and there is nowhere I’d rather be. I know great things are in store for our 75th anniversary season.” Click Here for Full Biography
Josh Brickey returns to his role as Percussion Caption Manager for his fourth year with The Cavaliers. He began participating in the marching arts at age 14, and has both marched with and taught with Carolina Crown and The Bluecoats. He has additionally instructed world-renowned Rhythm X each year since 2007 and is currently their battery caption head. Brickey actively writes and publishes battery exercises and etudes, as well as full shows through his company Plus 1 Designs. He looks forward to partnering with Michael McIntosh and the rest of the established percussion staff for a fourth season. Click Here for Full Biography
Russell Wharton returns as a Percussion Caption Manager for his ninth year on staff with the corps, after having also marched in The Cavaliers percussion section from 2008-2012. He is a member of the percussion faculty at Middle Tennessee State University, and teaches the bass line at Rhythm X. Russell spends his “off season” composing original works for percussion and multimedia, and he also arranges marching band works for numerous high school programs. Click Here for Full Biography
Rick Drewry is another Cavaliers percussion staff veteran, returning as a Percussion Caption Manager. He marched with The Cavaliers from 2012-2014 and has taught with groups including Music City Mystique, Monarch Independent, The Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps, and various high school groups. Drewry is the Director of Percussion at Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas, and he is the creator and director of The Cosmopolitan Artist. Click Here for Full Biography
The Cavaliers couldn’t be more excited about the instructional staff in place for our 75th season. Michael McIntosh says “With all of the incredible 2023 hires, it feels like we’ve populated the staff with great teachers that are all about excellence. Providing a great membership experience is everything-I mean, it just is. Coupled with an established percussion team that is spending their 4th year coaching and growing together, our 75th Anniversary should be special and we can’t wait to get started!”