Meet Our Directors
Tony Cox
Band Director
Originally from Rossville, Georgia, Tony Cox received his BA in Music Industry from Middle Tennessee University and his MM in Music Education from East Carolina University. He has previously directed at East Carolina University and has spent numerous years consulting band programs from all over. Tony has also graciously served on the SCGC board for 20 years. The number of students who have studied and performed under Tony’s 30 years as the director of the Band of Gold are too numerous to count. Students leave the program with a solid music foundation and a love of music. Many students have gone on to leave a lasting legacy in the world of music and pageantry arts. In Tony’s spare time you can find him performing with Nashville’s very own Moonlighters Big Band, visiting Disney World, cheering on the Atlanta Braves, Las Vega Raiders, LA Lakers or UT Vols, and hanging out with his all-time favorites Kathryn, Rollo, and Sophia.
Sherie Grossman
After receiving her BMus in performance from UC Irvine, Sherie taught band and orchestra for 7 years at the middle school level in Southern California. Sherie finished her Masters in Conducting in 2005 from The American Band College. Sherie became the Assistant Band Director and Assistant Choir Director at Mt. Juliet High School in the fall of 2011. In 2012 she started the only orchestra program in the Wilson County District. The orchestra at MJHS grew into a high achieving performance ensemble. After a few years as the Orchestra and Choir Director at Ellis Middle School in Hendersonville, Sherie has returned to Mt. Juliet High School as the Assistant Band Director. Sherie is also the founder and director of the Cedar Creek Community Band serving in the Wilson County/Middle Tennessee area since 2009. Sherie was recognized in the SBO magazine in the December 2018 edition as one of the “50 Directors Who Make A Difference” representing the state of Tennessee. She was one of 30 CMA Foundation’s 2019 Music Teachers of Excellence. She was also a Semi-Finalist for the 2020 Grammy Music Educator award.
Assistant Band Director
Jason Palmer
Jason Palmer has been involved in the creation and instruction of the pageantry arts since 2001. Groups he has been involved with include: "The Commandment's Own" The United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps, Sprint of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps, Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps; Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps, Music City Mystique, Gateway Indoor Percussion Ensemble, Middle Tennessee State University Drumline and percussion ensemble, University of Northern Alabama Drumline, Georgia Tech University, Spirit of Atlanta, and Music City Drum Corps. Jason was director of percussion for Fred J. Page High School from 2001-2010 and came on as Percussion Director for Mount Juliet High School in 2010.
Percussion Director
Tim Vaughn
Color Guard Director
Originally from Nashville, Tim studied at Middle Tennessee University. His love for the pageantry arts further developed as a trumpet player with the Memphis Blues Drum and Bugle Corps in 1980-1981 and as a color guard member in the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps in 1986. Tim has been propelling the color guard of Mt Juliet High School to new heights each season since 1994. He was also the director for the Chimeras Winter Guard from 1990 - 2005 and has been an adjudicator and clinician for other marching bands and winter guards throughout the southeast. We are all very thankful for his hobbies of gardening, cooking, and raising chickens and his generosity to share the fruits of his labor with us!
Scott Tanner
Scott is a native of the great State of Tennessee where he lives in Mount Juliet, TN. He is a graduate of Union University where he earned a double major in History and Psychology with a minor in music. Scott works with numerous perennial high school programs across the United States as visual coordinator, caption head, clinician, coordinator, and designer. In the drum corps idiom, he has excelled in numerous avenues such as visual head/co-caption head with the Glassmen, Music City, and the Phantom Regiment. The 18’ and 19’ summers were spent with the Cadets. In the WGI drums/winds arena he has had rewarding prolonged stints with Music City Mystique (IW), Father Ryan (SW), Audio Theater (IW), Mt. Juliet (SW), Fred J. Page (SW), McGavock (SO), and Brentwood (SA).
Winds Director
Winds Staff
Dale Sawyer
Andy Strong
Logan Barrett
Ian Bracy
Percussion Staff
Chaz Bledsoe
Henry Go
Cammie Formato
Joe Roach
Josh Nelson
Trevor Tumbaridis
Vaughn Lemond
Guard Staff
Sandi Bledsoe
Meagan McPherson
Evan Burton
