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Gabe Musella (Tomball, TX) Gabe Musella serves as UIL Assistant Music Director in Austin, Texas. Prior to his current position, he taught for 30 years in Texas where his bands performed at the Music for All National Festival and placed as finalists in TMEA Honor Band and at the UIL State Marching Contest. During his time at Spring High School, the band program was designated a Grammy Signature School, a Houston Symphony Residency School, and was featured in The Instrumentalist. Spring Band ensembles earned five invitations to perform at The Midwest Clinic between 2008 and 2016, and Spring chamber groups received awards at the prestigious Fischoff, Coltman, and Houston Underground chamber music competitions.
Mr. Musella is an active composer and arranger whose works for band, choir, jazz ensemble, orchestra, percussion, and chamber ensembles have been performed at The Midwest Clinic, PASIC, WIBC, the Music For All National Festival, TMEA, TBA, and other conferences throughout the country and abroad. The Texas Tech University Goin’ Band from Raiderland performed “Wreck ‘Em Fanfare” at the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and his works have been premiered by The United States Air Force Band, the TMEA All State Jazz Ensemble, the ATSSB All State Band, and ensembles at the University of Texas – El Paso, Texas Tech University, and the University of Houston. His publishers include RBC, C. Alan, Boosey & Hawkes, Carl Fischer, Kjos, Row-Loff, TRN, ALRY, and MKT Music Publications.
Gabe has received awards from The Texas Bandmasters Association and The Houston Symphony Orchestra. He holds a BM in Composition and a MM in Conducting, both from Texas Tech University, where he studied with James Sudduth. Memberships include ASCAP, ABA, TMEA, TBA, TMAA, Phi Beta Mu, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He also serves as Chamber Coordinator for the Music For All National Festival. He is currently President of the Foundation for Music Education, and he has been on the staff of the Texas Tech Band and Orchestra Camp since 1985. Gabe and his wife, Alice, are very proud of their son, Alex, an environmental consultant.