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TBA Bandmaster of the Year 2018
Kenneth Capshaw
Kenneth Capshaw was born in Silver City, New Mexico Texas Bandmasters Exemplary High School Band Award
on September 8, 1947, and the Capshaw family moved in July of 2012. Mr. Capshaw holds the assistant principal
to El Paso, Texas when he was two years old. He trumpet position with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra,
attended Bonham Elementary and Junior High Schools, and is a founding member of the forty-two year old
and graduated from Burges El Paso Brass. He has been
High School in 1965, where he a guest soloist, clinician, and
was a three-year Texas All-State adjudicator throughout the
trumpet player. Mr. Capshaw Southwest for many years.
graduated from the University Mr. Capshaw is a member
of New Mexico in 1972 with of the Texas Music Educator
a bachelor’s degree in Music Association, Texas Bandmasters
Education. Association, Texas Music
Kenneth Capshaw is Adjudicators Association and
currently the Assistant Director Phi Beta Mu. He received the
of Bands at the University of Band World Legion of Honor
Texas at El Paso. He has been Award in October of 2010
involved in music education and the Texas Bandmasters
in the El Paso community for Meritorious Achievement
over forty years, and was a Award in July of 2011. He
band director in the El Paso was inducted into the Phi Beta
Independent School District for Mu Texas Bandmasters Hall of
twenty-five years. He began his Fame in July of 2013. Kenneth
teaching career at Henderson was elected to the American
Middle School in 1972, and Bandmasters Association in
taught band at Morehead March of 2016.
Middle School and El Paso Kenneth and his wife,
High School. He left the school Louise, are proud parents of
district in 1981 for the business world, but resumed his five children, and have seven beautiful young grandchildren
teaching career in 1996 to begin a sixteen-year tenure at along with two foster grandchildren. They are a branch of
Coronado High School. The concert, jazz, and marching the very musical family founded by Ross Capshaw, former
bands at all of his schools have been consistent sweepstakes Director of Fine Arts in the El Paso Independent School
winners. The Coronado High School Band received the District and member of the TBA Hall of Fame.
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