(I-Newswire) March 25, 2010 - Austin, Texas – March 21, 2010 – Deerpark Band Director Tom Patterson has always enjoyed teaching students about music. Instructing middle school students is special to him because middle school is the season of life where all of the sour notes and dry theory that has been taught starts to click. As this metamorphosis occurs sometimes Tom Patterson’s Deerpark band students find themselves. At Deerpark Middle School, Tom Patterson waits for these times and then points his students toward the Austin Youth Orchestra.
Deerpark’s Tom Patterson said that the symphony orchestra auditions students from grades eight thru twelve. The Symphony Orchestra is a string orchestra during the first half of the fall semester and a full orchestra (strings, winds, and percussion) during the second half of the fall semester and throughout the spring semester. According to Patterson, the Symphony Orchestra is designed for highly advanced string, wind, and percussion players who wish to further their instrumental musical education with high-level orchestral repertoire. String players who have mastered proper position, play with accurate intonation and resonant tone, shift accurately into all positions, and play with refined bow control and vibrato are eligible for this orchestra. Band Director Tom Patterson also said that Deerpark wind and percussion players who have qualified for Texas Music Educators Association All-Region Orchestra/Band or who perform at a comparable level are also eligible for this orchestra.
Patterson added that the Austin Youth orchestra was founded in 1993 and was established to enhance orchestral music education in the metropolitan Austin and central Texas area. Because of band director Tom Patterson’s involvement in the music education of Deerpark Middle School he has seen his share of students come through the classroom and end up in a youth symphony chair. As a middle school band director at Deerpark, Tom Patterson takes pride in the contribution he has made as part of the Deerpark band students’ curriculum.
Spring 2010 is no different. Deerpark Band Director Tom Patterson will watch from afar as students step up and migrate into the greater metropolitan Austin music scene. Patterson’s personal history with the Austin symphony coupled with his genuine passion for teaching kids has allowed him to watch talent to develop first hand. As the newest group of Deerpark hopefuls prepares to audition, Band Director Tom Patterson provides nothing but encouragement and well wishes for his students. How could Tom Patterson do less; he is after all the Deerpark Middle School Band Director.
About Tom Patterson Deerpark:
Tom Patterson, Deerpark Middle School Director of Bands, has had a passion for music for nearly as long as he can remember. Back in Leander, Texas, Tom Patterson completed his All-Level Certification: Music Education along with his high school diploma. As he set his sights on an advanced education he had already embraced his career direction; a Band Director at a Middle School like Deerpark. Charting the course was straight forward. 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 few musicians early in their career enjoy. Deerpark’s Tom Patterson has been a musician with the University of Texas Orchestra and The University of Texas Wind Ensemble and played at Carnegie Hall and the University of Texas Opera. As a clarinet player Deerpark’s Tom Patterson also accompanied The University of Texas Chorus as well as playing in The University of Texas Longhorn Marching Band.
Attending The University of Texas at Austin allowed Deerpark Middle School 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. Further, 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, a talent that continues to pay off for Tom Patterson in his current position at Deerpark.
On the journey to become Deerpark Middle School Band Director, Tom Patterson began his career as an educator in the fall of 1998. He was hired as both a student teacher at Westwood High School and Grisham Middle School. Additionally, Patterson was appointed Assistant Band Director at Bailey Middle School AISD. Deerpark’s Tom Patterson also worked as a Clarinet Lesson Instructor at Westwood High School, Grisham Middle School, and Fulmore Middle School. In the spring of 1999 Tom Patterson was recognized as a distinguished teacher in Austin Independent School District.
In the years immediately prior to his current position as Director of Bands at Deerpark, 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 from 2000-2004. Since 2004, Tom Patterson has served at Deerpark Middle School in the Austin Independent School District.
Tom Patterson’s tenure as band director at Deerpark is best reflected in the performance and accomplishments of his students. Tom Patterson and his Deerpark students have been recognized no fewer than thirty times for their excellence in competitions. Honors and awards have been presented across a wide spectrum of forms. From sight-reading to performance, beginning bands, jazz bands and Texas State Honor Band; Tom Patterson’s Deerpark students are a true reflection of his passion as a teacher, instructor and example to young musicians.
Deerpark Director of Bands 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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