Trevor Baxter is in his 25st year of teaching and educating musicians.  Throughout his career, Mr. Baxter has successfully directed small, medium, and large sized bands at the high school level.  The band programs have grown in ability and size at every job where he was employed.  He is currently in his fifth year as Director of Bands at Centennial High School in Franklin, TN.  Mr. Baxter has founded the Cougar Indoor Percussion that competes in the Southeastern Color Guard Circuit.  He has laid the foundation for Centennial Jazz and oversees the marching band and concert bands.

Mr. Baxter is a native of Columbia, TN and served as Director of Bands at his alma mater (Columbia Central High School) from 2016-2022.  The Columbia Central teachers and staff awarded him the honor of "Teacher of the Year" for the 2021-2022 school year.  He has been an educator in the states of Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee while serving on various leadership teams and boards.

Mr. Baxter's professional affiliations include memberships with American School Band Directors Association, Middle Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association for Music Education, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Percussive Arts Society.

Carolina Herrera is the Assistant Director of Bands at Centennial High School in Franklin, TN. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Middle Tennessee State University, where she was a member of the Band of Blue Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra, and various chamber groups. She was a 2026 Bluecoats Fellow, which  included a residency at Bluecoats Spring Training and mentoring with the Bluecoats design team.

Ms. Herrera is a Murfreesboro, TN native and attended Siegel High School. Prior to Centennial, she worked with the Page High School marching band as its brass and choreography instructor.

Beth Bauer has taught color guards, marching bands, and winter drum lines in the Middle Tennessee area since 1996. She is a graduate of Brentwood High School, marching in the first competitive winter guard in the school's history. She aged out as Captain of the Chimeras Open in 2000, the same year she graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in Social Work.

Under her direction as Color Guard Director, the CHS winter guard has celebrated numerous successes including promotion to a higher competitive class and a second place finish at the 2024 SCGC Championships in the SRAA Class.

Austin Wilkes is a Color Guard Technician for the Centennial Marching Band and Winter Guard. He is a graduate of Siegel High School where he marched color guard till the Fall of 2022. He joined the world class stage in 2023 as a senior in high school with Eklipse World Winter Guard. He marched with Eklipse for one more year in 2024 and then performed with the DCI World Class Drum Corp, The Cavaliers, that summer.

Austin has been with Centennial since 2023 and has helped Beth lead the Winter Guard to win multiple Class SRAA Championship medals with a silver in 2024 and bronze in 2026.

Jillian graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with bachelor’s degrees in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Music Industry. She is an experienced percussionist who has performed in a variety of ensembles and musical styles, including steel pan, Latin percussion, marching band, percussion ensemble, and symphonic band. Jillian spent two years performing with a world-class indoor drumline at Audio Theater and has five years of experience teaching front ensemble.

Outside of music, Jillian enjoys coffee, decorating her porch goose,  gardening, swimming, painting, and spending time outdoors.

Cam Terry is a freelance percussionist and lesson teacher in the Middle Tennessee area. He graduated from Belmont in 2024, playing in the top classical band all four years, the orchestra from sophomore year on, and the top jazz band JB1 from sophomore year on. As a performer, he has played in musicals, jazz bands, jazz combos, experimental music groups, and orchestras in the Middle Tennessee area since his time in high school. 

Ian Hunt has worked with several respected local groups, including Music City Drum Corps, Music City Mystique, Audio Theatre, Spring Hill High School, and Ravenwood High School. Under his direction, the Spring Hill program earned numerous medals, including a gold medal at the 2023 SCGC Championships, and was promoted to Open Class in 2025, going on to perform at the WGI World Championships.

Ian's marching career began at Oakland and Siegel High Schools. He went on to march with Music City Mystique, the MTSU Band of Blue, the Disneyland All-American College Band, and performed with numerous other ensembles while attending Middle Tennessee State University. After graduating, Ian moved to New York City and toured with local groups, performed alongside Tony Award winners, and won WNYC's Best Band in NYC award.

Chris DeBerry is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education, where he studied under Lalo and Julie Davila, Derrek Phillips, German Baratto, and Paul Garretson.  He performed with the MTSU Steel Bands, Salsa Band, Percussion Ensembles, Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble. Other performance accomplishments include performing with Music City Mystique on snare from 2002 through 2005, performing with the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, on-stage experience with Jeff Coffin and Chris Tanner, competing in the PASIC College Small Ensemble division, and performing a marching percussion clinic with the MTSU Drumline at PASIC.

Chris has experience arranging, judging, and working with high school and middle school percussion groups in Middle TN. He has also been on staff with drumlines competing in WGI and DCI.