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Association of Texas Small School Bands20 years of service to small school bands in Texas |
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(updated 8-18-10)
Robert Vetter - President
Brandon Brewer - President-Elect
Rob Toups - Immediate Past President
Kenneth Griffin - Executive Secretary
John Young - AAA Representative
David Rollins - AA Representative
Carroll Rhodes - A Representative
Brandon Garmon - CC Representative
Don Thoede - State Chair
Rick Ball
Mike Bendiksen
Jim Gibson
Kenneth Griffin
R. Michael Hardy
Mike Marsh
Fred Pankratz
Elmer Schenk
Robert Vetter - President - bvetter@robinson.k12.tx.us
Brandon Brewer - President-Elect - mrbrunner@yahoo.com
Rob Toups - Immediate Past-President - RKLML@aol.com
Kenneth Griffin - Executive Secretary - atssb@att.net
John Young - AAA Representative - jyoun_wp@yahoo.com
David Rollins - AA Representative - david.rollins@dcisd.org
Carrol Rhodes - A Representative - crhodes@tahoka.esc17.net
Brandon Garmon - CC Representative - garmonb@gilmerisd.org
Don Thoede - OPS State Chair - drt@htcomp.net
Tim Edins - ATSSB Website Design & Maintenance - edins@atssb.org
ATSSB Region Coordinators 2010-11
01 Kevin Kuehler - kevin.kuehler@borgerisd.net
02 Byron Alsup - alsup@swbell.net
03 Mike Bartley - mikeyb0822@hotmail.com
04 Jason Steele - steelej@woisd.net
05 Brandon Brewer - mrbrunner@yahoo.com
06 Darin K. Johns - djohns@ccity.esc14.net
07 Forrester Halamicek - fhalamicek@llano.k12.tx.us
08 Collin Anderson - c.ander@groesbeck.k12.tx.us
09 David Andrus - dandrus@clevelandisd.org
10 Russell Hopkins - russell.hopkins@warrenisd.net
11 Steve Sanchez - steves2766@yahoo.com
12 Sandy Brown - sbrown@marion.txed.net
13 Rod Rodriguez - rodrodriguez@comcast.net
14 Charles Cabrera - ccabrera@mathisisd.org
15 Eddie Benitez - eddie.benitez@laferiaisd.net
16 Matt Knight - mknight@abernathyisd.com
18 Ann Lowes - annmlowes@aol.com
21 Gehrig Blankenship - gehrig.blankenship@gmail.com
22 George Rangel - grangel@ccaisd.net
23 Alfred Angerstein - fred.angerstein@kinkaid.org
ATSSB Area Coordinators 2010-11
Central: Perry Morris - perry.morris@giddings.txed.net
East: Rusty Lay - rlay@athensisd.net
North: Brandon Brewer - mrbrunner@yahoo.com
South: Emerico Perez III - emericop@yahoo.com
West: John Mayo - jmayo@lcisd.net
ATSSB Officer Bios
Robert Vetter -President
Robert “Bob” Vetter is the Director of Bands for the Robinson Independent School District. Previously, he served twenty-five years as Director of Bands for the Reagan County Independent School District in Big Lake. He holds a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music Education from the University of North Texas. Prior to 1983, he taught for four years at White Deer High School. Under his direction, the Reagan County Bands have consistently received top ratings in UIL Music Competition. The Reagan County High School Band has appeared at the Texas UIL State Marching Contest on four different occasions. In 2001, they placed fourth in the finals in class 2-A. The RC Band has been a finalist for the TMEA Honor Band Competition and has had several tunes make it to the State Level in the Outstanding Performance Series. During Robert's tenure, the RC Band has performed at the UIL State Wind Ensemble numerous times and has had several students named “Outstanding Soloist.” Robert is a Charter Member of the Association of Texas Small School Bands. He is also a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association, Phi Beta Mu, and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. He is an active member of Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Robinson. Robert is married to Leeann Vetter who teaches fifth grade in Robinson. Robert and Leeann are the parents of twin daughters, Allison and Ashton, both former members of the ATSSB All State Band. They also have a son, Austin, who attends Robinson schools and is a future member of the ATSSB All State Band!Rob Toups - Immediate Past-President
Rob Toups is the band director at Canton High School, a class AAA school in Region III. He has been in Canton since 1991.
He is a member of ATSSB, TMEA, TBA, and TMAA. He has a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and has fifteen years' experience in public school music. The Canton band earns consistent Sweepstakes awards. In March of 1999 the band performed in Europe. The Canton High School band program offers marching band, concert band, and jazz band. Students participate in all ATSSB and UIL activities including Region Area, and State auditions as well as regional and state solo-ensemble competitions. Toups served as the Percussion Organizer for the ATSSB All-State Symphonic Band and served as the Class AAA Representative to the State Board 1998-2004
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Brandon Brewer - President-Elect
Brandon Brewer is the director of bands at Princeton High School. He and his wife Lia have two children: Robert Travis Brewer 5 years old and Sarah Elizabeth Brewer 3 years old He received a B.M.E. Cum Laude/Honors Graduate from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in 1993. He served as Assistant Band Director, Magnolia Public Schools, Magnolia, Arkansas 93-94; Head Junior High Band Director, Canton ISD, Canton, Texas 94 – 97; Director of Bands, Grand Saline ISD, Grand Saline, Texas 97-99 and Director of Music, Princeton ISD, Princeton, Texas 99 – Present. He is a member of ATSSB, TMEA, TMAA, TBA, NBA, Phi Beta Mu, ATPE, and is on the UIL Region 25 Executive Committee. He has served ATSSB as Area North Coordinator, Region 5 and Region 3 Coordinator, and was the first ATSSB State Jazz Coordinator.
He is listed in Who’s Who Among American Teachers 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, & 2006. He directed the Grand Saline Band to its first ever U.I.L. Sweepstakes Award in 1998, then repeated Sweepstakes in 1999. His bands in Princeton have placed First Runner-Up for TMEA 3A Honor Band in 2002 and placed in the top 10 bands at U.I.L. 3A State Marching Contest in 2002 through 2008. He was named Princeton ISD High School and Secondary Teacher of the Year 2007.
Kenneth Griffin - Executive Secretary
Kenneth Griffin received his Bachelors and Masters degree from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M-Commerce). He is currently teaching part-time as band director at John Paul II Catholic School in Houston. He retired after teaching thirty-one years in public schools, the last twenty of which were at Van High School. His band in Van accumulated a string of nineteen consecutive Sweepstakes Awards, was named the 1986 AAA TMEA State Honor Band, won the AAA Sweepstakes Trophy at the 1986 Texas State Solo Ensemble Contest in Austin, and was named the Outstanding AAA Band at the 1988 National Association of Military Marching Bands Texas State Marching Contest. He is a life member of TSTA, is a founding charter member and Executive Secretary of the Association of Texas Small School Bands, is a member of the Texas Music Adjudicators Association and Phi Beta Mu and serves as a clinician and adjudicator across the state. His wife Jeannie is retired from a career in public school music, having taught junior and senior high choir and elementary music for twenty five years. His daughter Alecia is a Cum Laude graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas and the Juilliard School of Music in New York and is Founder, principal oboe and Executive Director of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston. He is a published composer of instrumental music, most recently "Talion" by RBC Music and "Day To Day" by Gore Music Publishing (both concert marches published in 1996); also "Where Eagles Dare," "First Colony," and "White Oak" distributed by Bandroom.com Publications on the Internet.Don Thoede - OPS State Chair
Don Thoede retired from Clifton High School, a Class AAA school, on Jan. 1, 1998, as the Director of Bands. While in Clifton, his bands earned 9 consecutive UIL Sweepstakes Awards, competed in the UIL State Marching Contest Finals 5 times, placing 2nd in 1996. His concert bands were TMEA Honor Band Finalists 3 times, and 2 of his contest pieces placed 6th and 8th in the 1997 Outstanding Performance Series. He was awarded the Denius-UIL Sponsor Excellence Award in 1996. He is a member of ATSSB, TMEA, TBA, TMAA, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is presently the State Chair of the ATSSB Outstanding Performance Series. He serves as a clinician and adjudicator across the state. He and his wife Joan have one married daughter.Click on the photo to view a larger image
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