Texas Bandmasters Association
Bandmasters Review • June 2013
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Cheers to having a great summer and
all the things you have planned! We are
still alive and another year older and
with any luck, wiser. I hope the year
was a positive experience for you and
your family including your
students and staff.
Remaining current in
our profession and net-
working is vital to our
musical and spiritual
development. Luckily TBA
offers us just this formula
and at the best time of
the year—the end of
summer. We’re fresh and eager to grow
and fraternize with our colleagues in one
of the greatest travel destinations in the
world, San Antonio! I realize with social
media at its height we can feel connected
sufficiently but I’m confident that there is
no substitute for the face-to-face and hand-
to-hand contact we share at convention.
Plus, TBA offers great clinic sessions
with top-flight clinicians and wonderful
concerts. Please encourage all your staff to
attend. You won’t want anyone to miss the
best TBA Convention/Clinic ever!
We have something for everyone’s
educational needs including marching,
color guard, concert, beginning band,
middle school and high school pedagogy
as well as university interests. The TBA
staff and board of directors have worked
very hard to present a summer convention
for you to renew, recharge and rededicate
yourself for the next school year. Consider
this an investment in yourself. You still
have time to make the travel plans to
experience all of this first hand in San
Antonio.
We could not be more pleased with
how well the events and clinics have fallen
into place. First, the feature
concert on Sunday evening
this year will be the Salt
River Brass from Phoenix,
Arizona with conductor
Pat Sheridan and guest
soloist, Harry Watters.
The SRB is one of the
premier brass ensembles
in the country performing
a broad spectrum of musical styles
including classical, jazz and music from
around the world. In addition to the Salt
River Brass performance, there will be
concerts by The United States Air Force
Band of the West, the Cedar Park Winds
and the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
Wind Symphony conducted by Nicholas
Williams. Percussionist Lalo Davila, 2013
TBA Featured Composer Steven Bryant,
composer Mark Camphouse are among
those showcased at the concerts. The
Boston Crusaders will appear along with
unique performances by several wind and
percussion ensembles. Finally, one of our
favorite events of the summer, the DCI
Southwestern Championship will take
place in the Alamodome on Saturday prior
to the start of the convention.
This year we are honoring Jerry Junkin
as the TBA Bandmaster of the Year. Mr.
Junkin is well recognized as the Director of
Bands at the University of Texas in Austin
From the Board
Al fredo Vélez I I I , 2012 - 13 TBA President
Alfredo Vélez III
President
Lone Star College-Kingwood
20000 Kingwood Drive
Kingwood, TX 77339-3801
281-318-4335
email@alfredovelez.com
Richard Herrera
President Elect
Brandeis High School
13011 Kyle Seale Pkwy.
San Antonio, TX 78249
210-397-8300
richard.herrera@nisd.net
Bruce Beach
Vice President
Franklin High School
900 N. Resler
El Paso, TX 79912
915-832-6608
beachbeachmus@aol.com
Steven Moore
Treasurer
Lindale High School
P.O. Box 370
Lindale, TX 75771
903-881-4140
mooresw@lind.sprnet.org
Jeff King
Secretary
Duncanville High School
900 W. Camp Wisdom Road
Duncanville, TX 75116
972-708-3732
kingjeffrey@hotmail.com
Chico Portillo
Sergeant-at-Arms
Pflugerville ISD Fine Arts
1401 W. Pecan
Pflugerville, TX 78660
512-594-0187
portillo.chico@gmail.com
Tom Harrington
Past President
Spillane Middle School
13403 Woods Spillane Blvd.
Cypress, TX 77429
281-213-1782
thomas.harrington@earthlink.net
Michael Brashear
Executive Director
Texas Bandmasters Association
1002 Central Parkway South
San Antonio, TX 78232
210-492-8878
mbrashear@texasbandmasters.org
Texas Bandmasters
Association
2012-13
Board of Directors