Caleb Rothe

About

Caleb Rothe is a percussion/general-effect adjudicator and the Percussion Education Coordinator for WGI Sport of the Arts, and a music educator in Southern California since 1997. He judges for Bands of America, Drum Corps International, WGI, Drum Corps Japan, and many regional circuits, serving as a General Effect judge at DCI World Championship Semifinals (2024, 2025). He has worked with more than 20 high schools, independent percussion ensembles, and drum corps—including Ayala HS, Pulse Percussion, Etiwanda HS, Rancho Cucamonga HS, Spirit of Atlanta (2010), and Impulse—and was inducted into the WGI Hall of Fame in 2020. He is a Zildjian and Yamaha artist.

Background

Awards

DCI World Championship; Hall of Fame (2020)