Current Band News

Name Amy (Barnhart) Hammel-Zabin What years were you in the WT Band? When did you graduate? 1980-84 What was your degree in? Bachelor of music therapy Where are you living now and what are you doing? Just retired and spend winters on Skidaway Island in Savannah, Georgia, and summers on the beach in Milford, Connecticut.…

Name Stephen Smoot What years were you in the WT Band? When did you graduate? 1986-89, 1992-96 What was your degree in? Bachelor of Music Where are you living now and what are you doing? Burleson, Texas-retired from Joshua ISD after 28 years of teaching (22 in Joshua) Tell us about your family. Married to…

Name Celeste Walker Shearer What years were you in the WT Band? When did you graduate? 80-82 Unfortunately, I didn’t graduate from WTSU, but I had the best two years of college there. (And seven years of band camp prior to that!) What was your degree in? Music Education Where are you living now and…

Name Donna O’Bryant What years were you in the WT Band? When did you graduate? 1989-1991 What was your degree in? Masters Music Education Where are you living now and what are you doing? Dallas/Fort Worth Tell us about your family. Two grown sons Noah and his wife Thea are attorneys in Washington DC and…

Paul Worosello (BMEd ’75 & MM’76) retired in 2013 from Klein Forest High School after a 37 career, all spent at the high school level except for the first year. For the past thirteen years he has been the director of the Woodlands Concert Band, an adult community band located in Harris County north of…

NEWS ALERT! We have the multi-camera/high quality video recording available for viewing of the 2024 WT Symphonic Band on our website. You MUST be a member of the website in order to view the performance. We welcome all current WT Band Students and any WT Band Alumni who are not registered on our site to…

Larry Harris November 20, 1943 — June 5, 2024 Larry Alan Harris, 81, born November 20,1943 in Childress, Texas, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Saint Marys Hospital in Russellville, AR. He was preceded in death by his parents Norman and Joyce Harris and his wife of 44 years, Karen Sue Harris. He is…

The WTAMU Band program is again grateful to you our WT Band Alumni for your support, loyalty and generosity. Aubyn Nall needed our help to get her to the Eastman Summer Camp. She was looking for about $1000 of help and you generously raised $1525 for her efforts this summer. Here is a note for…

If you are planning to attend Dr. Krause’s First 50 Years at WTAMU, please visit this link and purchase your ticket to the luncheon held in Legacy Hall at Noon on Saturday, June 8, 2024. https://wtamu.schoolauction.net/robertkrause During the history of West Texas A&M University, there have only been a handful of individuals that have served…

If you are planning to attend Dr. Krause’s First 50 Years at WTAMU, please visit this link and purchase your ticket to the luncheon held in Legacy Hall at Noon on Saturday, June 8, 2024. https://wtamu.schoolauction.net/robertkrause During the history of West Texas A&M University, there have only been a handful of individuals that have served…