A Day in the Life of a Texas High School Band Director || Spring Semester 

He is really living every part of my dream life🥺 I’m gonna get there one day

The ending almost made me cry I love you Mr. Schumann

The best part of this entire video, in my opinion, is how well you get along with your staff. Awesome to see such a great rapport. You guys are amazing. All the best!

As a dad of one of your Guardian students, I am proud of what you and Papa Dia are doing! My son is growing as a Music Ed major, and he has he privilege of having the experience of working with many great educators who love their careers, like you do! keep up the great work inspiring young musicians!

as a high school & adult music/hist/eng teacher I enjoyed this since you actually got footage of your instruction which sounds great from your students, clearly you've been teaching them quality musicianship. Plus, there's not enough h.s. music teacher/band instructors doin vids on RU-vid so it was a real pleasure relating to your notes. Your band sounds great w/ Glen Miller and if you do more vids about teaching and remote teaching/distance learning I'd be thrilled since music education in that medium is going to have to be inventive. Cheers!

Band kids are not normal, days you have band (every day duh) is not gonna be normal, you're welcome!!! You BD's are the best!! You and Skylar are goals and he should come to band morrrrre ❤️❤️❤️

It makes me happy to see you still have my gift I gave you!! I hope you’re well and cant wait to see more awesome videos like this❤️

“Homegirl said her clarinet was broken…” had me cackling 😭

Can’t wait for the future content! This was sick.

I went to BHS back in 2008-2012 and I wish you guys had been my band directors. Seeing the band room again floods me with memories.

OMG! 2:04 my picture is on the wall 😭 definitely had my peak in high school thus far. So happy to see the direction y’all are taking the band! Can’t wait to support y’all this next year. Loving the online content. Band will always have a huge place in my heart. Well wishes!! “Narnia” and MR.JOHNSON hahaha that’s awesome.

Awesome video! I already watched three times. Looking forward to more of this content. I will be a Music Education Major this fall.

This is a great channel! You're privileged to work in a place that supports the arts so much. Recently, my high school alma mater lost their director and the band program only had 2 students that would return. There is no band. I organized an alumni/community band to play at the last 2 home football games and our final game is coming up. The first game, we had 104 show up. It was an amazing turnout. The thought of there being no music in the program that I went through really saddens me. It has motivated me to try to obtain a teaching certification and try my hand at building a program... I am very nervous. This channel is giving me energy! I love seeing the amazing things you guys are doing!

Amaya and I watched it together and it was fabulous! I may have told her that Narnia is where you keep students that miss rehearsal. 😉

I love the one dollar hanging on you book shelf there really cool 🤣

Thank you for showing us a glimpse of your fabulous life! If I can help on the busy days, please give me a shout!

Very fun...and love the sense of humor. I am an Education major with years of experience in the classroom including teaching music and performing as well as a music internship...now, im finally pursuing Music Education. I let go of the false notion that 'there are no jobs in the arts' this is my ideal dream job

Wow!!! It’s a full day!!! Thank you for sharing what teachers do all day!! Amazing!

Ive worked 4 years in restaurants then 7 years at a financial brokerage firm, last year I decided to go back to school with a dream of becoming a hs band teacher, this video was super inspiring! Thanks for sharing!!

Awesome video and thanks for the hard work you are doing and being a leader for our kids

Living my dream

I started teaching private lessons. It made me realize how much I love teaching. I am highly considering going back to school to become a band director. I get excited every time I think about it. I just fear that it wouldn’t be possible after being out of school for 4 years.

As a director who has four bands and does it all alone. This looks like a dream come true.

Man thats a LOT of stuff in one day. Kudos. It's a labor of love. This popped up because I was looking for pictures of my old band director from the 70s, Don Muery.

So excited to watch future content! I will be a Music Ed major with an instrumental concentration this fall! :)

I love how relaxed it is- At Lubbock High, we have practice from 6:15 to 7:15 in the mornings on monday and friday, and 4:30-7:30 every tuesday and thursday. Then we have football games every friday lmao, we get no sleep.

From one Texas band director to another - right on man! - thanks for creating the video-

I came across this channel because im studying music ed at UNT and also like dealing with financial stuff of my own. This channel has everything i like. Just Subbed

great video!

Loved it! I'm a retired band teacher, and can relate! Thanks for sharing.

Watching this as a french student in english for a presentation about music education in Texas

Brand new subscriber here - I liked watching this! Great video, great colleagues and your classes sound great - nice to see a music teacher vlog here! I'm a high school science teacher, but majored in music as well in college (I also adjunct at a college teaching the class "Physics of Music"). My high school job gives me one less science class and instead I have Wind Ensemble on my list of classes, where I get to act as assistant conductor, and work with the Woodwinds during sectionals. It's made me love teaching so much more that I can be active in music, too. I had a hard time deciding whether to go the science teacher or the music teacher route. I hope it was an easier choice for you to become a band director!

One thing I forgot to mention I rewatch this video every now and then but I don’t know how many directors for your school we have 2 band directors last school year they work 7:00AM-8:00PM on Monday then during football season they have band from 7:00AM-approx 10:30PM or so and they would ask some of the middle school students to rehearse with them and etc during concert season we practice with high school and high school practice with us for instance my band class is 3rd-4th period if we are shorthanded we will ask some of the high school to come in and etc y’all are busy I enjoy this video so much 🙂

🤩🤩FINALLY!

Great content! Can’t wait for future posts! Also future music educator here!

Mann I love you guys 😂😂😂

To most of us, Texas is the best state as far as music programs. I just got my teaching license here in Mississippi but I hope to move to Texas soon. One of my friends actually told me that a lot of percussion teachers in Texas don't even bother getting a license. 🤔🤔

wow this is interesting to watch! i’m considering teaching music, i’m a senior and i wanted to see what it’s like for some current teachers. i’m at a small high school with less than 600 kids grades 7-12. we have one junior and one senior high concert band and nothing else. cool to see other schools! thank you for the video

great content mr zapato its jorge the tbone from gp💪

Great video!

Thanks for the great video, Future Millionaire Band Director! Quick q.. is it Eric Whitacre's 'Sleep' at 03:50? Thanks 👍

Love you! You are great!

Have you heard the Keller Texas band play and if so what do you think. That’s where I go I’m just curious. I’m in the symphonic band

I still wanna do a tiktok.😃

At 2:01 there playing my final 8th grade honors band piece “flight of eagles” 🔥🔥

I love seeing how you have taken so much joy in every aspect of your job. Even the more tedious and menial aspects of your job you go in with a wonderful attitude. As a middle school Band Director who also happens to be gay and married with a dog, this gives me so much to relate to and see myself being successful in because of you! Happy pride month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎

Very epic

Let's go Forth Worth!

Part 2 when?

Great video guys. What's the name of your school? YOUR BAND SOUNDS GREAT!!!!

Haha my brother was in there

Did you move the podium for the jazz band for the 2019-2020 school year just wondering

Very CrisssssP

Fun fact my Highschool Band Directors name is Caleb

Goals😍

hey! i recently discovered your channel, and i constantly watch this vid. my dream is to be a high school band director. i’m about to be a sophomore, and my freshman year i made all region. i play clarinet and alto sax, and you’re living my absolute dream. i would love some feedback, thank you for making this!

Saw you on the DR Show! Congratulations on being debt free. Good luck with that millionaire status!!! Focused and not finished.

I am a 7th grade band I play Purcussion 4th period at Rosebud-Lott jr high school/high school. I will tell you it is not easy .

What band are you a director for? I had no idea you were a Texas director, Fort Worth as well, I’m in mesquite

Texas band is such a different universe from other areas of the country. I dream about working in a daily environment with multiple other competent instrumental teachers and musical adults. Here in Connecticut, school districts are small, and in most high schools each music teacher is responsible the entirety of their program, with no assistant directors, no itinerant instructors or anything like that, unless it happens to be a very large school. Our whole state is the size of the DFW Metroplex, with less than half the population, and we have 161 cities and towns, operating around 140 K-12 school districts. Looking at Texas and other states around the country, it just looks like we're utilizing our geography and personnel very inefficiently, and our students' music ensemble experience suffers as a result. I'm not saying we need to be more like "the Texas model," but I wish we at least had a similarly well thought-out system for the way our music programs operate, the way our schools and administrators relate to band, and the quality of experiences our students have. Just a thought while we're rethinking the way we do everything during COVID...

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh do u know phillip jones im pretty sure he used to work at your school he's my director now

How did you know you wanted to be a band director? I’ve been trying to figure it out lately and watching these kinds of videos because I think I want to be one, but I’m not sure.

Mr. Schu is water wet?

The Elks?! Burleson High?!!!!

A High School Professional Career?

Lol I live in Fort Worth too 😂

rad

“In the Mood” tempo a little fast

Why would anyone ever want to do this job? This guy only put half the stuff band directors do on here. Hours of score study, lesson planning, dealing with student misbehavior, hostile parents. Having to learn evey instrument to a more than proficient level. Practicing your own instrument. Practicing piano. Memorizing fingerings and pedagogy for every instrument. Repairing instruments. Writing marching band shows. Working summers while other teachers are off. A lot of these people burn out and there is a high divorce rate among band directors. Unless youre superman or superwoman, its a near impossible job. I respect these people because you have to be a professional level musician and have incredible aural skills to do this, but i think they are insane.

Dude, having Starbucks in the morning is not gazelle intense!

God loves all of us so much He came in the flesh to die and rise so that if we choose to believe in His loving grace we may be gifted eternal life through His perfect sacrifice on the cross

H*ck yes I made it

@6:02 please stop talking I'm trying to hear the Pure Imagination arrangement on marimba 😬

Seems like he wants to promote Starbucks. Annoying American company.

Nice video and more so since you very easy on the eye