Trombone with Geoffrey D.

Abilene Christian University

Direct Big Purple Basketball Band. Co-teach Big Purple Marching Band. Co-teach concert bands. Collaborate with other directors on program development.

Freelance

Create music for specific occasions and/or events that is tailored to clients' needs and desires. Includes flute duets, choral anthems, saxophone quartets, pieces for symphonic band, and everything in between.

Elmwood West UMC

Collaborate with church leaders on program development. Conduct research on a variety of musical styles. Arrange and/or compose various music for services. Organize and rehearse Church Choir and Orchestra. Manage and fundraise for Choir Scholarship. Lead Music for annual VBS.

Abilene Christian University

Texas Education Association

Certified by the state of Texas to teach music from early-childhood learners through 12th grade.

Begun in 1920 as the Texas Band Teachers Association, the Texas Music Educators Association is an organization of over 10,000 school music educators dedicated to promoting excellence in music education. TMEA is comprised of five divisions: Band, Orchestra, Vocal, Elementary and College. On behalf of its members and Texas schoolchildren, TMEA carefully monitors the actions of all state decision-making bodies on issues affecting fine arts instruction in Texas. In addition to many member benefits, TMEA offers professional development opportunities for its members with Region workshops and especially with its annual Clinic/Convention. TMEA supports the future of music education by offering scholarships to music education majors and by sponsoring the Texas Future Music Educators, an organization through which high school students interested in careers in music education learn more about what to expect in their college education and future careers.

The members of the College Band Directors National Association are devoted to the teaching, performance, study and cultivation of music, with particular focus on the wind band medium. CBDNA is an inclusive organization whose members are engaged in continuous dialogue encompassing myriad philosophies and professional practices. CBDNA is committed to serving as a dynamic hub connecting individuals to communities, ideas and resources.

For the last half-century the members of Texas Bandmasters Association have worked diligently to further the cause of instrumental music education in communities throughout the Lone Star State. As a professional service organization, TBA reaches out through its membership to constantly improve the quality of music education in Texas' elementary, middle and high schools, colleges and universities.

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