


David Lee Lambert is recently retired from the Fort Bend ISD after thirty three years as a music educator and twenty two years as Director of Fine Arts. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree and a Master of Arts degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he studied percussion and band methods with Mel Montgomery, and composition with Dr. Richard A. Coolidge.
Under his leadership, Fort Bend ISD has created a cadre of exemplary teachers. Over the past twelve years, the district's bands and orchestras have been recognized with four honor performances at TMEA and have received sixteen invitations to perform at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to his appointment as Director of Fine Arts, he served as Assistant Director of Bands in the Nacogdoches ISD and in the Fort Bend ISD at both Dulles Middle School and John Foster Dulles High School.
In 1976, he was appointed as Director of Bands at Dulles High School. Under his direction, the John Foster Dulles High School Band received numerous awards in state and national competitions.
He is an active clinician and consultant. The Texas Music Administrators Conference named him Texas Music Administrator of the Year for 2000-2001. He is a member of the TMEA, TBA, Texas Music Administrators Conference, a member of Alpha Chapter of the International Band Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu, and is presently serving as the Concert Band Vice President for the TMAA.