Dr. Chip Crotts

Dr. Chip Crotts serves as Director of Jazz Studies/Assistant Director of Athletic Bands at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A GRAMMY nominated artist, he has performed and recorded for the Disney Company worldwide, as well as being as a first call musician for national Broadway shows and touring ensembles. Chip has worked with artists such as Ray Charles, Boston Brass, Manhattan Transfer, Natalie Cole, The O’Jay’s, Frankie Valli, The Temptations and Maynard Ferguson, among others. Involved in the marching arts, Chip has taught with numerous drum corps and is currently Brass Caption Head for the 20-time DCI World Champion Blue Devils.He is also active as an adjudicator for organizations such as Bands of America, Drum Corps International, Music for All, Winter Guard International, Drum Corps Japan and Taiwan Marching Academy. As a clinician, presents such topics as Brass Pedagogy, Jazz Pedagogy, Breathing for Wind Players, and the Outdoor Performing Ensemble.

Conn Selmer Educational and Marching Arts Clinician