ROBERT BECK

ROBERT BECK

Robert Beck is the Librarian for Landrum Middle School in the Spring Branch Independent School District. Mr. Beck received his Master’s of Library Science in 2003 from Sam Houston State University. He also received his Master of Music degree in double bass performance in 1992 from Rice University with a full tuition scholarship and was the first bass player in the history of Rice University to be accepted into the Doctor of Musical Arts program. Mr. Beck received the 1983 Richard C. Church Award for “Outstanding String Student in Music Education” from the prestigious University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music. While teaching in the McAllen Independent School District, Mr. Beck’s Lincoln Junior High Orchestra placed second in the Texas State Orchestra Championship for the 1987 - 1988 school year. Mr. Beck’s bass students consistently won principal positions in both junior high and high school region orchestras and has placed numerous Texas All-State bass players, two of which were Principal Bassists of the Texas All-State Symphony Orchestra in his tenure at McAllen. During his tenure with the Conroe Independent School District, Mr. Beck started a new orchestra program in 1993 and brought statewide recognition to McCullough Junior High School by placing fifth in 1998 and third in 1999 in the State of Texas for the state orchestra championship from the Texas Music Educators Association. The Woodlands High School Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Beck, placed eighth in the 2000 Texas State Orchestra Championship. TWHS Orchestra was also honored in the year 2000 as one of the few groups from Texas to perform for the 2000 millennium celebration at Disney World. Mr. Beck has performed 7 solo recitals and has performed as a double bass soloist for the South Texas Chamber Orchestra and with the Woodlands Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Beck has been a member of orchestras in Galveston, Corpus Christi, Edinburg, Madison and Dubuque. He currently performs with the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra in Bryan/College Station and he is the Principal Bassist for the Symphony of Southeast Texas in Beaumont (www.sost.org). Mr. Beck has been selected to be a member of Who’s Who Among Americas Teachers—2000, 2002 & 2005. Mr. Beck studied with Paul Ellison & David Malone of the Houston Symphony, Richard Davis-The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Peter Dominguez-Oberlin Conservatory and Stephen Lester of the Chicago Symphony. Robert and his wife Rosie live in Spring, Texas with their sons John and Michael.