
Blair Callaway is currently an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education at Jacksonville State University. He received his Master of Arts Degree from the University of North Alabama in Florence, AL, and his Bachelor of Science Degree from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL. Blair taught high school band for twenty-eight years at Heritage HS (GA), Gilmer HS(GA), Foley HS (AL), Alma Bryant HS (AL), and Russellville HS (AL). He marched with the Guardsmen, Cavaliers, and Suncoast Sound Drum and Bugle Corps. Blair is a member of the National Association for Music Education, Alabama Music Educators Association, American School Band Directors Association, National Band Association, Georgia Association of Jazz Educators, and the Epsilon Nu Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He currently serves as a faculty advisor for the Epsilon Nu Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha. He is the 2018 Heritage High STAR Teacher, 2015 Heritage High School Teacher of the Year, and is a member of Phi Beta Mu. He has received the NBA Citation of Excellence four times, and his bands have received the GMEA Exemplary Performance Award three times. Blair is a Past President of the American School Band Directors Association. He has been an instructor for the U.S. Army All-American Band and has performed with the Tara Winds at the 2015 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and the 2021 Alabama Winds at the Western International Band Clinic. Blair serves as the organist at Anniston United Methodist Church.
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