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Dr. Tiffany J. Galus is assistant professor of music in bands and director of the Marching Hundred at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
 
Previously, she served as assistant director of bands at The University of Texas at Austin, where she served as assistant director of the Longhorn Band, conducted the university concert and athletic bands, and taught courses in undergraduate conducting and wind band literature. She has also served as a public-school band director in northern Indiana. Under her direction, the program received consistent superior ratings at band festivals, including two state titles in 2014. In 2013, she was a quarterfinalist for the first Music Educator Grammy Award.
 
With a comprehensive background in the arts as an educator, conductor, performer, producer, arranger, editor, and media creator, Galus has led a multifaceted career, serving a variety of arts communities. At The University of Texas, she established the UTWE Live! livestream series, which reached over a half-million viewers between 2018 and 2020. She also is cofounder and owner of Keep Making Music, an ensemble media creation company based in Austin, Texas, that produced virtual performances for ensembles nationwide, including a virtual opera production of Mozart鈥檚 Die Zauberfl枚te.
 
As a freelance transcriber, editor, and arranger, she has written for wind ensembles, marching/pep bands, show choir, and chamber ensembles. Some of her major works include a wind band transcription of John Adams鈥� Saxophone Concerto and Charles Ives鈥� Variations on America, critical editions of Fred Junkin鈥檚 setting of Respighi鈥檚 Fountains of Rome, HR Kent/Mayhew Lake鈥檚 setting of Overture to 鈥淟a Forza del Destino,鈥� and Michael Martin鈥檚 Lontano: Symphony for Wind Ensemble.
Galus has served on the staff for Ultimate Drill Book, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Rhythmic Force Indoor Percussion, Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps, Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps, and the National Youth Wind Ensemble.
 
She holds memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Indiana Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, National Association for Music Education, and Kappa Psi, and is an honorary sister of Tau Beta Sigma.

Mike Loffredo has been teaching middle and high school band in North Florida for over 15 years and is
now the head band director at Kanapaha Middle School in Gainesville, FL. Prior to this recent appointment, he spent extensive time building the band program at Bradford Middle School (Starke, FL) and working as a brass ensemble specialist with The Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps (Texas) and The Troopers DBC (Wyoming). In addition to these ensemble roles he served as the Visual Caption Head for Infinity III Indoor Percussion, Buchholz HS, Bradford HS and remains active with the Oakleaf and Newberry HS Marching Band Programs.

As a member of the Florida Bandmasters Association, Mr. Loffredo has served as District Secretary, District Chairman, District Mentor Coordinator, and currently sits on the state Mentoring Committee. Further, his concert and jazz bands have consistently received superior ratings at MPA. As a result, Mr. Loffredo has been recognized with the Tom Bishop Award (2016), the Linda Mann 5-Year Superior Award (2020) and was Teacher of the Year at Bradford Middle School in 2018 and at Kanapaha Middle School in 2023.

Mr. Loffredo continues to be an active clinician throughout North Florida and enjoys presenting his research and teaching experience in academic settings. In 2019, he was the keynote speaker for the University of Florida CNAfME annual rally, and more recently has given addresses at Coastal Carolina University and the NAfME National Conference in 2020. In 2025, he presented at the ASBDA "How to Fix it" Series Clinic at the FMEA state conference in Tampa, FL.

Mr. Loffredo is an active member of The Florida Bandmasters Association (and a certified brass adjudicator), The Florida Music Education Association, The National Association for Music Education (NAfME), the National Bandmasters Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Honorary Music Fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu, and The American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA). He received both his Bachelor鈥檚 Degree and Master鈥檚 Degree in Music Education from the University of Florida.

Dr. Jeff Cayer is in his 31st year of teaching middle school band, the last ten of which have been in Hillsborough County, Florida. Throughout more than three decades in public education, his concert and jazz ensembles have consistently earned Superior ratings at Music Performance Assessments.

Early in his career, Dr. Cayer collaborated with colleagues across Florida to promote the development of jazz musicianship at both the middle and high school levels, celebrating the diversity and growth of jazz ensembles statewide. At his current school, he has grown the band program from a small group of students to more than 350 young musicians. His students are regularly selected for prestigious honor ensembles, including All-State, All-County, Symphonic Celebration, and the Florida Bandmasters Association 7 Star Honor Band.

Dr. Cayer earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Florida Southern College in 1995, a Master鈥檚 degree in Educational Leadership from Southeastern University in 2010, and a Doctorate of Education in 2022.

He has served two terms as Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA) District 12 Chairman and has contributed to the organization in numerous leadership roles, including Junior High/Middle School Representative and State Jazz Chairman. He currently serves as President of the Florida Bandmasters Association and is an active member of the Clinics Committee, MPA Committee, and Adjudicator Committee. Dr. Cayer is a frequent adjudicator and clinician throughout the state and has conducted numerous honor bands in both concert and jazz settings, including the 2016 Florida Middle School All-State Band.

Dr. Cayer has presented clinics for FMEA and FBA on a wide range of topics, including jazz band literature selection, teaching students with exceptionalities in the band room, and student retention. He also co-presented the pre-conference event Crossing the Divide, which focused on retaining middle school band students as they transition into high school.

In his free time, Dr. Cayer enjoys restoring classic cars and spending time with his wife, children, and grandchildren. His wife, Jennifer, is also a career educator, specializing in Gifted Education and Television Production. Dr. Cayer is an active member of FBA, FMEA, NAfME, Alpha Chi, and Phi Beta Mu.