Rehearsal Techniques for the School Band
Learn techniques and methods for developing individual players and the entire ensemble.
Cynthia Lansford Greg Countryman
Demonstration Group: H.M. King High School Band; Rolando Molina, Director
LOCATION:
Joseph L. Bellamah Music Building
905 Engineering Ave. Google map
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas
(361) 593-2803
Sat, Sep 16, 2006
Registration: 8:00 AM
Clinic: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Cynthia Lansford
Cynthia Lansford is a 1976 graduate of Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Music Education degree. She also earned a master degree in Educational Administration from East Texas State University. During her 30 years of teaching, Ms. Lansford taught at both the middle school and high school levels.
Bands under Ms. Lansford’s direction enjoyed much success at contests and festivals, and have consistently received recognition at the state level. Ms. Lansford was named "Teacher of the Year" both at Carpenter Middle School (Plano I. S. D.) and North Ridge Middle School (Birdville I. S. D.).
In 2004 the North Ridge Band was awarded the prestigious Sudler Cup award presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation to outstanding middle school bands. In addition the North Ridge Honors Band performed at the Fifty-Ninth Annual Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in December 2005.
Ms. Lansford recently retired from public school teaching; she is currently doing freelance work as a music education consultant/ clinician as well as judging contests and festivals. She is a member of Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, and Phi Beta Mu. She served on the Texas U. I. L. Prescribed Music List selection committee.
Ms. Lansford resides in Keller with her husband, Gary Whitman, professor of clarinet at Texas Christian University and bass clarinetist with the Fort Worth Symphony, and their 14 year old basset hound.
Greg Countryman
Greg Countryman
Greg Countryman is beginning his fourth year as Director of Bands at Fort Settlement Middle School in the Fort Bend ISD. During the inaugural year of the school, the FSMS Band was a state finalist in the TMEA Honor Band Competition. Prior to opening Fort Settlement Middle School, Countryman was Director of Bands at Quail Valley Middle School where the band was chosen to perform at the 2000 Midwest Clinic in Chicago and also selected as the 2001 Texas Music Educators Association CCC Honor Band for the state of Texas. Bands under his direction have consistently received superior ratings at the annual UIL Concert & Sight Reading Contest and they have also been selected "Best in Class" at the Spring/Splashtown Band Contest and the Director's Choice Festival held in The Woodlands.
Mr. Countryman received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Louisiana State University where he studied with Frank Wickes and his Master of Music Education degree from the University of Houston where he studied with Eddie Green. He is a recipient of the TMEA Leadership and Achievement Award and the NBA Citation of Excellence. He is an active clinician and adjudicator throughout the state of Texas and is a member of Phi Beta Mu, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, TMAA, TBA, and TMEA.
