DIRECTORS
Jacques Jones
Director of Bands
Mr. Jacques Jones is in his fifth year as Director of Bands at Rockdale County High School. He served as the Assistant Band Director at RCHS in 2018-2019.
Mr. Jones graduated from Burke County High School in Waynesboro, GA in 2003 where he was an active member of the Marching Band, Symphonic Band, and Jazz Band. Mr. Jones began his college career at Georgia Southern University, where he served as Baritone Section Leader in the Southern Pride Marching Band, Principal Euphonium in the Wind Ensemble, and Leader of the Tuba/Euphonium quartet. Mr. Jones later transferred to Augusta State University and served as Principal Euphonium in the Wind Ensemble and Principal Trombone in the Orchestra and Jazz Band.
Mr. Jones earned his Bachelors of Music with a minor in Communications from Augusta State University in 2008. He earned his Masters in Music Education from the same University in 2011. He later earned his Educational Specialist in Leadership from Georgia College and State University in 2015.
Mr. Jones began his teaching career in 2008 in the Burke County Public School System where he served as Band Director at Burke County Middle School from 2008-2017. His passion for music, teaching & learning, and building positive relationships helped to grow the program from 115 to over 300 students. His Middle School Bands have earned numerous Superior Ratings at LGPE and have won multiple First Place Honors in Concert Band Competitions such as Music in the Parks and OrlandoFest.
Mr. Jones embraced the opportunity to teach at the high school level by accepting the position as Director of Bands for Burke County High School in 2017. His marching band earned multiple Superior Ratings at Statewide competitions in the area of Drum Major, Color Guard, Percussion, Visual, and Music. His Concert Bands earned Excellent and Superior Ratings in both Stage Performance and Sight-Reading at LGPE. At Rockdale County High School, bands under his instruction have earned Superior and Excellent Ratings in both marching and concert adjudications. The Marching Bulldogs are the reigning Class AA Champions of the Northwest Georgia Marching Band Championships. They earned Best in Class Distinctions in every category. The 2021 Marching Bulldogs earned Best in Show Drum Major, Best in Show Color Guard, Best in Show Dance Team, Best in Class Drumline, and 2nd in Class Band at the Berkmar Invitational. The 2022 Marching Bulldogs earned Best in Class Band, Music, Color Guard, and Drumline, 2nd place Dance Team, and 2nd Place Drum Majors at the Berkmar Invitational. The 2022 Marching Bulldogs earned Most Spirited Band, Superior Band, Superior Drum Major, Superior Percussion, Superior Dance Team, and Superior Color Guard at the Old South Invitational in Newnan Georgia.
Mr. Jones is often sought after to clinic area Middle and High School Bands as well as serve as guest adjudicator. In 2013 he had the honor of being the Clinician for the Aiken County Middle School Honor Band in South Carolina. Mr. Jones served as Clinician for the 2023 Newton County 6th Grade honor Band.
In his free time, Mr. Jones loves to read, cook, play board games, visit amusement parks, and spend quality time with family and friends.
His professional affiliations are NAfME, GMEA, and PAGE.
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Mr. Malcolm J. Watson is entering his third year as Assistant Director of Bands at Rockdale County High School. The RCHS Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Percussion Ensemble have consistently earned Superior Ratings under his leadership.
One of the rising music educators in the State of Georgia, Mr.Watson, teaches locally in the Metro Atlanta area as a clinician and an advocate for music. He has worked in band programs in Bartow, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall, and Henry County Schools. He is graduate of Luella High School in Locust Grove, GA where he participated in the concert band, marching band, and jazz ensemble. In 2021, Mr.Watson earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Georgia State University where he previously spent his student teaching at Dutchtown High School and Stephenson Middle School.
His primary instrument is Euphonium, with proficiencies in Tuba, Trombone, and Piano. During his education at GSU, Malcolm has performed in various ensembles that include the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, GSU Jazz Big Band, Emory Jazz Ensemble, GSU Marching Panther Band, Panther Basketball Band, Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble, Sweet N’ Low Brass Ensemble, and Trombone Choir. His private Euphonium instructors include Jason Casanova,
Malcolm J Watson
Assistant Director of Bands
Eric Bubacz, and Adam Frey. He has also had conducting opportunities with the GSU Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble and Wind Orchestra as the winner of the 2020 Undergraduate Conducting Competition.
Mr. Watson is a proud member of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity, Inc., and the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME). His previous leadership roles involved being the section leader for the GSU Low Brass section, Music Committee Chair, and President of the Nu Alpha Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi. His leisurely activities include making electronic music, hiking, watching basketball, enjoying delicious food, and playing chess.
PAST DIRECTORS
Rockdale County High School Band takes the time to recognize our past directors who contributed to developing the program we have today.
Conrad Leo (1977–1979)
Roger Wolfe (1979–2007)
Scott Stanton (2007-2012)
Christopher Coleman (2012-2015)
R. Kevin Brown (2015-2019)