Archive for May 2025

Dear Fellow WT Band Alumni, We have had a wonderful year with many highlights, including the WT Symphonic Band’s return to the stage at Carnegie Hall, a successful April scholarship donation campaign, the celebration of retiring oboe professor (and so much more to so many of us) Dr. Robert Krause, and the return of the…

James Drew’s book, “A Practical Guide to Conducting” is exceptional and is a must read for those that are interested in Professor Church’s principles of conducting. If you are a graduate of WT, you most likely were taught Church’s rules of conducting by Durden, Garner or Lefevre in your conducting classes. In this book, James…

WTAMU is very proud of alumna Raquel Samayoa. She earned the MA and bachelor’s degree in music education from West Texas A&M University where she studied trumpet with David Ritter and Wind Conducting with Gary Garner. Her career at UNT has been an amazing one to follow. See Dr. Samayoa’s Story Here

The WTAMU Concert and Symphonic Bands will present their end-of-year free concert on Wednesday, May 7. This special event celebrates the talent and dedication of WT’s student musicians with a diverse program of powerful works, guest conductors, and featured soloists. When: Concert Band – 6:00 p.m. Symphonic Band – 8:00 p.m. Where: Mary Moody Northen…