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From the Board
Texas Bandmasters
Association
2016-17 Jeff King, 2016-17 TBA President
Board of Directors
Greetings Colleagues and Friends, your contest
Jeff King I always had a good laugh when someone performance.
President
Irving ISD would ask, “So now that marching season I have seen
2621 W. Airport Freeway is over, what are you going to do for the directors who
Irving, TX 75062-6020
972-600-5088 rest of the school year?” OR “Now that UIL were very
jefftking58@gmail.com Concert & Sight-reading Contest is over, successful and
Chico Portillo you must be pretty relaxed and ready to had a terrific
President Elect end the year.” We all know that the month year that did
1412 Tamar Lane
Austin, TX 78727 of May can be one of the busiest times of the not receive
512-796-9596
portillo.chico@gmail.com school year for a band director. Assessing the highest scores. Conversely, we also
and finishing up your current school year know that earning the highest marks does
John Morrison
Vice President (festivals, concerts, banquets/celebrations, not mean that you had a successful year.
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD tryouts, schedules, hiring, inventory…) can Working with students in adverse situations
10300 Jones Road, Suite 724
Houston, TX 77065 be exhausting. The month of June is a great and seeing them overcome obstacles is
281-897-4042 time of year to assess how “successful” your being a successful teacher. If we allow
john.morrison@cfisd.net
school year was. In addition, please take ourselves to only measure our success by
Phillip Clements
Treasurer some time for yourself and adjudicators, we may not
Texas A&M University-Commerce your family this summer “We achieve more be seeing the “big picture”
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429 to relax and re-charge your in our programs.
903-886-5285 batteries for the journey when we chase the I also know, as a long-
phillip.clements@tamuc.edu
ahead. dream instead of time active member of the
Roland Sandoval As a current Fine Arts Texas Music Adjudicators
Secretary the competition.”
O’Connor High School Director, I have attended Association (TMAA), how
12221 Leslie Road
Helotes, TX 78023 more music UIL contests Simon Sinek important our constructive
210-397-4758 this year than you can critiques are in maintaining
roland.sandoval@nisd.net
imagine —middle and high school band, the highest professional standards in our
Daniel Allen choir and orchestra contests. In between profession. Although most directors read
Sergeant-at-Arms
Franklin High School performances, I would hang out in the their comment sheets from the bottom up
900 N. Resler contest office and find myself listening to and then go back and read from the top,
El Paso, TX 79912
915-236-2266 and watching directors as they received they need to have an objective mindset
dallenep@aol.com
their UIL ratings. How we react to our with the desire of learning something from
Steven Moore annual contest ratings is a crucial part the comments. Our ears and emotions can
Past President
Lindale High School of being an effective and successful band sometimes make us all a little biased and
P.O. Box 370 director and leader. If the ratings are not unbelieving at the contest site. Yes, earning
Lindale, TX 75771
903-881-4140 what you wanted or what you felt they the highest ratings at contest can be part of
mooresw@lisdeagles.net
should have been, it is normal and OK to your success, but it should not be the only
Michael Brashear be disappointed. After all, we all strive to factor in measuring your success. Learning
Executive Director
Texas Bandmasters Association be the very best and we want our students to balance the desire for higher scores and
1002 Central Parkway South to experience success. It is how we handle being part of a “successful” program is
San Antonio, TX 78232
210-492-8878 this disappointment that is so important. always a challenge.
mbrashear@texasbandmasters.org
Being “successful” should not always be We all know that being a “successful”
determined by the judges that adjudicate band director requires years and years of
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