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Adjudicators

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Chris Church, in his 5th year at Missouri State University, where he serves as a drill writer, marching instructor, and teaches low brass methods, is a 43-year Veteran Band Director, serving as the Director of Bands & Fine Arts Department Chairman in Willard, Missouri, and in Springdale, Arkansas.  His marching bands consistently placed at or near the top in all festivals attended and he has also worked as a drill designer for numerous bands throughout the Midwest.  Chris has over 26 years of experience working within Drum Corps International.   He spent 14 seasons with the World Champion Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps from Rockford, Illinois where he served on the Marching/Visual Staff, Visual Caption Head, and drill writer. He is currently serving as a Visual Judge for Drum Corps International (DCI) and has judged in 4 Indoor Winter Guard Circuits in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Missouri.  He has provided marching clinics and adjudicated marching bands, concert bands, and jazz ensembles in 27 states throughout the United States.  He is a graduate of the Marching Roundtable Judges Academy.

Chris Church

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Beth Fabrizio

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Beth A. Fabrizio recently retired after 36 years as a public-school educator. She most recently taught in The Hilton Central School District in New York as a director of bands at Village Elementary School.  Fabrizio maintains a private clarinet studio with numerous students pursuing careers in music education, music business, therapy, recording, and performance. She performed as the principal clarinetist and personnel manager with The Greater Rochester Music Educators Wind Ensemble and former Eb clarinetist with The Perinton Concert Band.

Chris Harris

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Chris Harris recently retired from Owasso High School after 20 years and 32 years overall as a public-school music educator in Oklahoma. In June of 2014, he was named Director of Bands for Owasso Public Schools where he conducted the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Basketball Pep Band and taught AP Music Theory.  Mr. Harris also conducted the Owasso High School musical each Spring and coordinated the PRIDE of Owasso Marching Band.   Mr. Harris previously instructed the Owasso Symphonic Band (2nd band of 5) that, in 2006, 2010 and 2014 was selected to perform as an Honor Band at the OKMEA Convention. The Wind Ensemble was an OKMEA Honor Band in 2017. Harris’ bands have earned 32 OSSAA Sweepstakes Awards and 9 OSSAA Junior High Outstanding Achievement Awards. Mr. Harris was recently named the 2024 Oklahoma Bandmasters Association “Director of the Year.”  Harris has taught multiple BOA Regional and Super Regional champions and has been on staff for 7 BOA Grand National Finalists at 3 different schools (Union, Broken Arrow and Owasso).

Jamie Holly

Jaime Holly is a full-time drill designer and visual instructor living in Long Beach, CA with his wife Rebekah and daughter Parker. He began his marching career in the soprano line of the Concord Blue Devil B Corps in 1989, moving to the World Champion A Corps in 1991 through 1993. He returned to the Blue Team in 1997 where he is currently a visual instructor and drill writer.

Matthew McCready

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Matthew McCready maintains an active schedule around the country as a clinician, adjudicator, conductor, and musician and is currently the Director of Fine Arts for Union Public Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He previously served as the Director of Bands at Union and at Blue Valley Northwest High School in the Kansas City area before that. He is a two-time graduate of The University of Kansas, earning both a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education. He wrapped up his collegiate education by completing a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Oklahoma State University.

Juno Orefice

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Juno started in the activity as a marching member of the Brooklyn Royal Eagles  in 1971.  In 1974 he marched with the Secaucus Meadowlarks who later merged with the Woodbridge Townsmen to become the Royal Brigade.  He has worked in the pageantry arts for over 35 years as a Visual Designer.  He has judged for Drum Corps International since 2006, judging World Class Finals week on many occasions.  He has been judging for BOA since 2015 and has judged Indoor Guard and Percussion/Winds for over 20 years.  He helped develop the Michigan Color Guard Judging Association from the ground floor and fostered the growth of judges as well as circuit members.  He was Judge Coordinator for the Michigan Color Guard Circuit from 1998 to 2019 and was inducted into MCGC Hall of Fame in 2009.    From 2010 to 2015 he was the Visual Caption Head for the Michigan Competing Band Association (MCBA).  He has been Judge Coordinator since 2016.  Juno continues to hold yearly Clinics both locally and nationally for all Visual Captions.   His attitude of “it’s about the kids” has been maintained and professed over his many years of service.

Dale Warren

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W. Dale Warren is Senior Wind Band Conductor and Professor of Music in the University of Arkansas’ Department of Music. During his three plus decades of service at the UA, Professor Warren has conducted the Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony, Chamber Winds, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Varsity Band, and Campus Band. Professor Warren is also the director of the highly successful UA Summer Music Camps.  During Professor Warren’s affiliation with Music for All/Bands of America he served as a member of the Educational Advisory Board and for the past 38 years as an adjudicator and chief judge. Since Professor Warren arrived at the University of Arkansas, the UA Wind Symphony has made six guest appearances at College Band Directors National Association Conventions.  The UA Wind Symphony performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and at the Arkansas Music Educators Convention/All-State Conference on two occasions under Professor Warren's baton. Professor Warren is a former marching member of the Guardsmen Drum and Bugle Corps of Schaumburg, Illinois and a former brass and visual staff member for the Guardsmen and the Imperial Guard Drum & Bugle Corps of Evansville, Indiana. Professor Warren has also served as a Drum Corps International (DCI) Adjudicator.

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