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Caleb DeGroote

Caleb DeGroote

Caleb DeGroote is currently a resident of Washington, D.C., but grew up in Canandaigua, NY. He holds a Bachelor's of Arts in Music and Political Science from Binghamton University and a Master's of Arts in Diplomacy from Norwich University. Throughout his life, music performance and education have always been an integral part of his life.

Caleb started his teaching career at Naples High School (NY) with their marching band during his senior year of high school, in 2006. He stayed with them until 2012, leaving the program as their assistant director after 16 first place finishes in competition.

While at teaching percussion at Naples HS and earning his B.A., Caleb co-founded the Midlakes High School (NY) Percussion Ensemble. From there, he has gone on to direct, teach, arrange, and consult at a total of 14 different high schools, encompassing 17 different extra-curricular programs over more than 30 competitive seasons, including two WGI indoor percussion ensembles.

He was also very active in Drum Corps for nearly a decade; playing in the front ensemble with the Rochester Crusaders (DCA) in 2008 and 2009, Citations (DCI) in 2009, teaching the Empire Statesmen (DCA) front ensemble from 2010 to 2013, taking the role of percussion caption head and arranger for Windsor Regiment (DCA) in 2014, and teaching the front ensemble at Fusion Core (DCA) in 2015 and 2016.

Currently, Caleb is deeply involved in the competitive British Brass Band community, having played with Chesapeake Brass Band (2014), Rockville Brass Band (2015 - 2019), and Atlantic Brass Band (2017-2018) in national and international competition. He was the co-President of Rockville Brass Band from 2016-2019, on the Board of Directors for the North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) in 2018. He is currently the Principal Percussionist and a founding Board Member of the Brass Band of Northern Virginia. His recent awards include:
• 3rd Place: 2023 NABBA, Solo Competition
• 5th Place: 2023 NABBA Percussion Ensemble, Brass Band of Northern Virginia
• 9th Place: 2023 NABBA, Brass Band of Northern Virginia, Championship Division
• 3rd Place: 2019 Cory Virtual (UK), Brass Band of Northern Virginia, 1st Division
• 4th Place: 2019 NABBA, Rockville Brass Band, 1st Division
• 6th Place: 2018 Scottish Open (UK), Atlantic Brass Band
• 11th Place: 2018 Brass in Concert (UK), Atlantic Brass Band
• 1st Place: 2018 NABBA, Rockville Brass Band, 2nd Division
• 1st Place: 2018 NABBA, Solo Competition
• 1st Place: 2018 Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival, Solo Competition
• 1st Place: 2017 U.S. British Brass Band Open, Atlantic Brass Band
• 3rd Place: 2017 NABBA, Solo Competition
• 1st Place: 2017 NABBA, Rockville Brass Band, 2nd Division
• 1st Place: 2016 Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival, Solo Competition

In addition to being an artist with Soultone Cymbals, Caleb is a Percussion Educator with Innovative Percussion and Marimba One.

My Soultone Set: 

Suspended Cymbals:
• 10" Extreme Splash
• 17" Gospel Crash
• 18" Custom Crash
• 19" Latin Crash/Ride
• 20" Natural Crash/Ride
• 20" Vintage Old School 1964 Ride
• 22" Old K Ride
Crash Cymbals (piatti):
• 20" Extreme Crash
HiHat:
• 14" Custom Brilliant RA

News

Tue 10

Caleb DeGroote, President and Principal Percussionist of the Rockville Brass Band (RBB), took first place in the "... Read More

Fri 31

The Rockville Brass Band, conducted by Nigel Horne, took first prize in their division this past weekend at the... Read More

Mon 11

July 9th, 2016

Soultone Artist Caleb DeGroote has been recently named the President of Rockville Brass Band... Read More