Brian Bambauer graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 1990 with a B.M. in Music Education. A native Ohioan, Brian began his professional career as the Junior High Band Director and assistant marching band director at Northmont City Schools, in Clayton, OH. He then took a position as the Instrumental Music Coordinator for the West Carrollton City Schools in West Carrollton, OH from 1994-1997.

Brian's drum corps experience began with the Bluecoats from Canton, OH in 1988. A member for three years, he played mellophone his rookie year and was Drum Major in 1989 and 1990. Joining the instructional staff in 1991 as a visual tech, Brian then served as visual caption head in 1993 and 1994.

Brian joined the Drum Corps International World Championship Finalist Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps in 1997 as a visual tech, drill designer from 1998-2000 (the corps was a DCI finalist all three years), and began working full time for the organization as Director of Operations in 1999.

Currently on the Carolina Crown Board of Directors, Brian continues to write drill for numerous marching bands, indoor percussion lines and winterguards, as well as consults and adjudicates throughout the southeastern United States. Mr. Bambauer is currently the principal at Rama Road Elementary School in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District. He is also pursuing his doctoral degree in educational leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

His professional experience includes Director of Bands at Shiloh High School ( Snellville, GA), Director of Bands at Dunwoody High School (Dunwoody, GA), Director of Bands at Saydel High School (Des Moines, IA), adjunct Percussion Instructor at Drake University (Des Moines, IA), and Rehearsal Assistant with the Des Moines Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony. He has performed professionally with the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Iowa, New Hampshire Summer Music Festival, Des Moines Metropolitan Opera, Dekalb Symphony Orchestra, and the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra. He is currently a member of Tara Winds Community Band.

Mr. Jean has been a successful Marching Band and Winter Guard show designer for over 20 years. He has written for and/or collaborated with groups in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Indiana and Iowa; including finalist groups at Bands of America, Winter Guard International, and many state level contests.

Memberships include the National Band Association, Music Educators National Conference, Georgia Music Educators Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda.

Entering his first year in Social Circle, Mr. McCarthy’s professional experience includes five years as the associate director of bands at Morrow High School in Morrow, Georgia, nine years as director of bands at Stockbridge High School, in Stockbridge, Georgia, and two years as director of bands at Strong Rock Christian School in Locust Grove, Georgia. Mr. McCarthy was responsible for starting the band program at Strong Rock Christian School and in two years, the band had grown to nearly one hundred students. The Stockbridge High School Band under Mr. McCarthy’s direction received superior ratings at all evaluated performances, which included eight grand champion marching awards, and an appearance in the National Orange Bowl Parade in Miami, Florida. Also under Mr. McCarthy’s direction, invitational performances for the Stockbridge Symphonic Band included the Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference on two occasions, the University of Georgia January Music Festival, the University of South Carolina Conductors Symposium, the Grand National Adjudicators Invitational on two occasions, the National Band Association Southern Division Conference, and the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic.

Mr. McCarthy has served the Georgia Music Educators Association in numerous capacities which include District 6 Instrumental Chair and state Marching Band Chair. He has served as an adjudicator and guest conductor throughout Georgia and South Carolina. Mr. McCarthy has received the National Band Association Citation of Excellence on four occasions, and was listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007. Professional affiliations include the Georgia Music Educators Association, Music Educators National Conference, the National Band Association, and Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity. He is also the director of instrumental music at Stockbridge First Baptist Church, where his family attends. Mr. McCarthy is married to Jennifer Hammond McCarthy and they have two children, Joy, 5 years old, and Jack, 1 1/2 years old.

Georgianna Oswald has taught numerous drum major camps and clinics throughout the state of South Carolina . While completing her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Carolina , Ms. Oswald was one of only three students selected to the newly founded independent conducting institute. Ms. Oswald’s studied under accomplished conductors including Dr. Rebecca Phillips, James Copenhaver, and Donald Portnoy.

As a flute performer, she is also on the board of the South Carolina Flute Society serving as a Member at Large. Some of Ms. Oswald’s other professional affiliations include SCMEA, Women Band Director’s International, National Flute Association, and Sigma Alpha Iota Professional Women’s Music Fraternity.

C. Brian Richardson received his Bachelors of Art in Dance with Emphasis in Performance and Choreography from the University of South Carolina. His performance experience includes dancer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line International, the Columbia Contemporary Performance Group, USC Dance Company, and the Vibrations Dance Company, where he has been a member for the past eight years, and the last six of which he has spent as a principle dancer. He has also trained intensively at the Alvin Ailey School in New York City.

Brian Has also performed on stage with Roberta Flack and Jennifer Holliday. His Color Guard performance experience includes the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps (nine time DCI world champion) 2003 and the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps 2000. Brian’s teaching experience includes, Ridge View High School, Spring Valley High School, Spartanburg High School, Fort Mill High School, Boiling Springs High School, Chapin High School, Summerville High School, Dobbyns Bennett High School, White Knoll High School, Lexington High School, Lassiter High School, The Cast Winter Guard, Etude Winter Guard and the The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps.

Presently Brian teaches dance, color guard and choreography at various dance studios and high schools around the State of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

Matthew Wofford is in his fourth year as the Director of Percussion Studies for Spartanburg County School District Five. Mr. Wofford was awarded a Bachelor's of Music from the University of South Carolina in 2004. While a student at USC, he studied percussion under Dr. Scott Herring, Dr. Ed Nagle, and Dr. Chris Lee. He also performed with the USC Symphonic Band, USC Symphony Orchestra, USC Percussion Ensemble, and the USC Escola de Samba. Mr. Wofford has also performed professionally with the South Carolina Symphonic Chorale. Mr. Wofford was a South Carolina Teaching Fellow at USC as well.

Before coming to District Five, Mr. Wofford was the Director of Percussion Studies and Assistant Director of Bands for the Colleton County School District, in Walterboro, SC. Ensembles under Mr. Wofford's direction have won marching band state championships, upper and lower state championships, the SCBDA Outstanding Performance Award, indoor percussion ensemble state championships, and Superiors at state concert festivals. Mr. Wofford is also an active judge and clinician across South Carolina. 

Mr. Wofford is a member of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), South Carolina Band Directors Association (SCBDA), and the Percussive Arts Society (PAS). He is currently pursuing a M.Ed. in Educational Administration from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Wofford lives in Lyman, South Carolina with his wife, Elizabeth.