Board member
Don Lawler was selected for the Texas All-State Band 3 times before graduating from Spring Hill High School in 1958. He was a percussionist in the Kilgore College and Stephen F. Austin State University Bands while completing bachelors and masters degrees in business and music education.
After completing 4 years of performing in US Air Force Bands, he began teaching in the Longview School District in 1967. He directed Middle School and High School Bands in the Longview, Pine Tree, Spring Hill, and Kilgore School Districts until his retirement in 1995. For the past 21 years he has been a percussion instructor for Spring Hill and Pine Tree ISD students, and has assisted band directors in the Longview area.
Mr. Lawler was a faculty member and administrator of Summer Band Camps at Stephen F. Austin University for 25 years. In 1968, he and James Snowden organized the Longview Symphony Orchestra. He was principal percussionist and business manager for 10 years. In 1982, he was asked to be the Region 4 UIL Music Contest Director, and is completing 35 years in that position, directing UIL competitions for Middle School and High School Bands, Choirs, and Orchestras in Region 4. He is a charter member of the East Teas Symphonic Band and continues to lead the percussion section during the band’s 29th season.
Mr. Lawler is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, and Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity. He has been inducted into the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame, SFA Band Directors Hall of Fame, and has been named a Distinguished Alumnus by the Spring Hill ISD Education Foundation.
Mr. Lawler was a founding member of NAMMB, serving as Secretary-Treasurer with the first group of officers, and presently serves on the Executive Board. He and his wife, Mary, a retired orchestra director, live in Longview, and sing with the East Texas Community Chorus.
After completing 4 years of performing in US Air Force Bands, he began teaching in the Longview School District in 1967. He directed Middle School and High School Bands in the Longview, Pine Tree, Spring Hill, and Kilgore School Districts until his retirement in 1995. For the past 21 years he has been a percussion instructor for Spring Hill and Pine Tree ISD students, and has assisted band directors in the Longview area.
Mr. Lawler was a faculty member and administrator of Summer Band Camps at Stephen F. Austin University for 25 years. In 1968, he and James Snowden organized the Longview Symphony Orchestra. He was principal percussionist and business manager for 10 years. In 1982, he was asked to be the Region 4 UIL Music Contest Director, and is completing 35 years in that position, directing UIL competitions for Middle School and High School Bands, Choirs, and Orchestras in Region 4. He is a charter member of the East Teas Symphonic Band and continues to lead the percussion section during the band’s 29th season.
Mr. Lawler is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, and Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity. He has been inducted into the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame, SFA Band Directors Hall of Fame, and has been named a Distinguished Alumnus by the Spring Hill ISD Education Foundation.
Mr. Lawler was a founding member of NAMMB, serving as Secretary-Treasurer with the first group of officers, and presently serves on the Executive Board. He and his wife, Mary, a retired orchestra director, live in Longview, and sing with the East Texas Community Chorus.
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