Tom Patterson Band Director
Owner - Tom Patterson - Deerpark Band

Company Background

Deerpark. Charting the course was simple. From the spring of 1994 until the spring 1997 he played with The University of Texas Orchestra.

Living the life of both a student and a musician provided opportunities that few early in their career enjoy. Deerparks Band Director Tom Patterson played with the University of Texas Orchestra and The University of Texas Wind Ensemble and also performed at Carnegie Hall and with the University of Texas Opera. Deerparks future Band Director Tom Patterson also accompanied The University of Texas Chorus as well as played clarinet in The University of Texas Longhorn Marching Band.

Attending The University of Texas at Austin allowed Deerparks future Band Director Tom Patterson to complete his Masters in Music Education in 2002. While in school he also performed with The University of Texas Wind Ensemble. Tom Patterson secured his Bachelor of Music Education from the same university in 1998. His academics stood out and he was placed on the Dean’s list. While at the University of Texas in Austin he was also a Clarinet Principal, an opportunity that has served Tom Patterson well in his position as the Band Director at Deerpark.

On the journey to become Band Director at Deerpark, Tom Patterson was hired as both a student teacher at Westwood High School and Grisham Middle School in 1998. Additionally, Tom Patterson was appointed Assistant Band Director at Bailey Middle School AISD. Patterson also juggled duties as a Clarinet Lesson Instructor at Westwood High School, Grisham Middle School, and Fulmore Middle School. In the spring of 1999, his dedication paid off as Band Director Tom Patterson was recognized as a distinguished teacher in Austin Independent School District.

In the four years just prior to his current position as Deerpark’s Band Director, Tom Patterson was employed as Associate Band Director at Stony Point High School RRISD as well as an Assistant Teacher at Ridgeview, Hopewell, CD Fulkes Middle Schools. Since 2004, Tom Patterson has served in the Round Rock school district as Deerpark Middle School’s Band Director.

Tom Patterson’s tenure as Band Director is best reflected in the performance and accomplishments of his students at Deerpark. Director Tom Patterson and his students have been honored thirty times for their excellence in band competitions, with the awards reflecting a wide spectrum of musical forms. From sight-reading to performance, beginning bands, jazz bands and Texas State Honor Band, Director Tom Patterson and the band students at Deerpark are a true reflection of his passion as a teacher, band director and example to students.

Round Rock school district’s Deerpark Band Director Tom Patterson is a member in good standing with the Texas Music Educators Association and the College Bandmasters Association. He is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, the University of Texas Ex-Student Association Member and a Longhorn Alumni Band Member.

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Professional Background

On Sunday, January 17th, a panel of five educators, along with SBO publisher Rick Kessel, presented the winners of the 2010 Best Tools for Schools at the NAMM Idea Center.

We are very pleased with the response from both educators and exhibitors in our presentation of the 2010 Best Tools for Schools at the NAMM Show, said SBO's Rick Kessel. We look forward to building on this event as a way of further integrating educators' needs into the music industry at large. Along with many others, Deerpark Band Director Tom Patterson was able to virtually participate in much of the convention through video streaming, blogs and emails with peers.

According to Band Director Tom Patterson, the panelists who presented the 2010 Best Tools for Schools included Kessel as well as Karen Childress-Evans, director of the Performing Arts Department, San Diego (Calif.) Unified School District; Daniel Almanza, director of bands, Rosemead (Calif.) High School; Brian Gallagher, band director at Norco (Calif.) High School; Brian Cole, orchestra director, Moorhead (Minn.) Public Schools; and Dr. John Kuzmich, Jr., author, educator, clinician, and SBO Technology columnist. As the industry was conducting big business at the 2010 NAMM Show, college students hoping to break into the music products business were at the event learning lessons from seasoned professionals and gaining valuable insight about the trade. Deerpark Band Director Tom Patterson hasn’t determined yet if past students were participants but he believes there have been those that passed through his classroom that had such aspirations.

The Texas Music Educators Association 2010 Clinic/Convention held this past February in San Antonio Texas was a much more convenient location for Austin area educators looking for professional enrichment. Band Director Tom Patterson was able to benefit from all of the information provided at the state level. That did not, however, diminish Patterson’s desire to attend the California conference.

Deerpark Band Director Tom Patterson reports that NAMM has also launched a PSA campaign. He adds that in an effort to promote the importance of music and arts education opportunities for students, the Ad Council has joined with Americans for the Arts and the NAMM Foundation to announce the launch of public service advertisements called Ask For More. The PSAs are an extension of an ongoing national campaign launched in 2001 and designed to increase parental involvement in championing music and arts education both in and out of school. Band Director Tom Patterson noted that the campaign targets parents and caregivers of children pre-K to 8th grade.

NAMM national conventions, state conventions and workshops and education are all initiatives that Deerpark Middle School Band Director Tom Patterson supports. Now if he can just make it to the next convention in California everything will end as well as it has begun.

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