Carolina Gold Drum & Bugle Corps is a non-profit community organization whose purpose is to promote and foster a general interest and participation in a public drum & bugle corps for the state of North Carolina by providing programs and services that will allow practice and study of the fine art of drum & bugle corps.

Jon Randall - Percussion Caption Head

Jon Randall has over 12 years of teaching experience in marching percussion!  He is a former percussion staff member with the Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps (2005-2006).  Jon is an active clinician with Colin McNutt (Percussion Caption Supervisor of The Cadets, formerly Caption Head with Madison Scouts, Orlando Magic and Glassmen), Brian Tinkel (former Percussion Caption Head with Carolina Crown), and Thom Hannum’s Mobile Percussion Seminars  in MA, PA, MD and NY (DCI Hall of Fame and Former Caption Head of the Garfield Cadets, Star of Indiana and Crossmen).  Jon has also instructed and arranged for numerous high schools and colleges across the North East.

Jon’s performance background (all snare drum) began with the Star of Indiana’s Brass Theater production where he toured with the Canadian Brass and Nexus in 1995 and 1996.  He later became a member of the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps in 1998.  Jon also played snare drum at the University of Massachusetts from 1995 to 1998 (along with DCI individual champion Nick Angelis) where he received a B.B.A. in Finance.

Jon currently lives in Greenville, NC (with his wife and son) where he owns a franchise of the largest financial planning company in the world (Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.) and coaches other financial advisors and speaks at events and conferences across the country.

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