Daniel Allen

Mr. Allen’s teaching career began in Waxahachie for three years before getting married and moving to El Paso. Mr. Allen taught in the El Paso Independent School District for 27 years with 23 of those years at Franklin High School before retiring from teaching in Texas. Mr. Allen has a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is honored to serve on the Board of Directors for the Texas Bandmasters Association. He is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association where he has served as Region Vice President, Region President, and most recently as Region Band Chairman. Other affiliations include the professional Band Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu, where he served as Area A Representative, and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association.

Mr. Allen is an active clinician and adjudicator throughout the school year and does numerous leadership and drum major camps during the summer. He and his wife, Ruth, have been married for 27 years and reside in El Paso. She is a successful band director at Hornedo MS, and they have two wonderful children, Lauren and Christopher, who both share a love for music.