Houston, Texas 77094-7291

P.O. Box 940291

(713) 893-5026

Music Director

Bob Bryant

PRESS RELEASE

CONTACT: BEVERLY EMERY

713-893-5026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LONE STAR SYMPHONIC BAND HOSTS GUEST SOLOIST FOR UPCOMING CONCERT

February 7th, 2012. Katy, Texas. Lone Star Symphonic Band, a Houston-area non-profit community band, will be performing a concert titled “Spring Time in Texas” on Sunday, March 4th, 2012. The concert will begin at 4:00 pm at Crosspoint Community Church, located at 700 S. Westgreen, Katy, Texas. Tickets for the concert are available on the Band’s website, www.lonestarsymphonicband.com, for $5.50 each, and will be available at the door the day of the concert for $10 each.

The Band will be performing several pieces for the concert, such as Festive Overture, Blue Goose Rag, The River Red, and Salute to American Jazz. Lone Star Symphonic Band will also feature Mrs. Kathy Daniel, Guest Flutist, on two pieces: Rondo on a Popular Style and Carnival of Venice. The Band will also host Mr. Richard Crain as Guest Conductor on the piece Don Ricardo.

Kathy Daniel, Associate Professor, teaches flute at Sam Houston State University. She has had an active performing career and has appeared as a flute and piccolo soloist in many concerts throughout the United States. She served as principal flutist, section leader and soloist with the United States Navy Band, Washington, DC, performing in and around Washington as well as on national concert tours. She was a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra in Symphony Hall and has performed in New York City at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Daniel has been a member of numerous professional ensembles in the Washington area, including the Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, the Maryland Festival Orchestra and the Annapolis Chamber Orchestra. She completed several seasons with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and has performed with the Fairfax Symphony, National Women's Symphony, the Prince George's Philharmonic and on concert tours with the United States Air Force Band. Since joining the faculty at Sam Houston State University in 1999, Ms. Daniel has performed with the SHSU Faculty Chamber Players and conducted the SHSU Flute Choir at National Flute Association Conventions (2005, 2001). She has remained active as a clinician at Texas Bandmasters Association, the Midwest, Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Flute Society Conventions. She has been named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers and Who's Who in America.

Mr. Richard Crain has recently completed a tenure as Director of Instrumental Studies at Houston Baptist University. He previously served 21 years as Director of Music for the Spring Independent School District near Houston, TX. He also previously served as Head Band Director at Westfield HS, Spring HS, and Belton HS. His Spring HS band performed at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago in 1980 and Belton HS in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA, in 1974 and won honors in concert and marching contests in TX, LA, VA, and CO. He currently is a frequent adjudicator, clinician, and consultant throughout the U.S.; and he has been a presenter for numerous university summer band camps, music education classes, and state music conventions throughout the U.S. and in Canada. Crain retired in 2000 from Spring ISD after 44 years of service in public school music education. Mr. Crain has served on The Midwest Clinic Board of Directors since 1992 and as a Vice President since 2004, and he was elected President of the Board in 2009.

Lone Star Symphonic Band is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to bringing performances of artistic merit to the Houston metropolitan area. Founded in 1993 as the West Houston Concert Band, the band is comprised of musicians from all walks of life and instills the value that music is a life-long event, continuing well beyond high school and college. In the summer of 2011, the Band began rehearsing and performing concerts at CrossPoint Community Church, in Katy, Texas. The Band is under the direction of Mr. Bob Bryant.

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