About me
Tom Patterson, Round Rock School District’s Deerpark Middle School Director of Bands, has loved music since he was a child. As a young student in Leander, Texas, Tom Patterson graduated from high school later acquiring All-Level Certification in Music Education. At that young age he already knew that he wanted to be a Middle School Band Director at a school district like Round Rock. Charting the course was straight forward. From the spring of 1994 until the spring 1997 he played with The University of Texas Orchestra. Living the life of both a student and a musician laid a strong foundation for his later position in the Round Rock school district. Tom Patterson performed with the University of Texas Orchestra and The University of Texas Wind Ensemble as well as at Carnegie Hall and the University of Texas Opera. Round Rock’s Tom Patterson also accompanied The University of Texas Chorus as well as playing in The University of Texas Longhorn Marching Band.
Round Rock District’s Deerpark Middle School Band Director Tom Patterson completed his Masters in Music Education at the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. Patterson also performed with The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, having secured his Bachelor of Music Education from there in 1998. His academics stood out and he was placed on the Dean’s list. While at the University of Texas in Austin he was also an outstanding performer, an experience that continues to be valuable for Tom Patterson in his current position in the Round Rock District at Deerpark Middle School.
On the journey to become a Band Director in Round Rock, Tom Patterson began his career as an educator in the fall of 1998. He was hired as both a student teacher at Westwood High School and Grisham Middle School. Additionally, Patterson was appointed Assistant Band Director at Bailey Middle School AISD. Round Rocks’s Tom Patterson also worked as a Lesson Instructor at Westwood High School, Grisham Middle School, and Fulmore Middle School. In the spring of 1999 Round Rock’s Tom Patterson was recognized as a distinguished teacher in Austin Independent School District.
In the four years prior to his current position as Band Director in Round Rock’s Deerpark Middle School, Tom Patterson was employed as Associate Band Director at Stony Point High School RRISD as well as an Assistant Teacher at Ridgeview, Hopewell, CD Fulkes Middle Schools. Since 2004, Tom Patterson has served in the Round Rock school district at Deerpark Middle School.
Tom Patterson’s tenure as a Round Rock band director is best reflected in the performance and accomplishments of his students at Deerpark Middle School. Tom Patterson and his Deerpark/Round Rock school district students have been recognized no fewer than thirty times for their excellence in competitions, receiving many awards in sight-reading, performance, beginning bands, jazz bands and Texas State Honor Band. Certainly, Round Rock school district’s Tom Patterson and the band students at Deerpark are a true reflection of his passion to be an example to young musicians.
Round Rock school district’s Deerpark Director of Bands Tom Patterson is a member in good standing with the Texas Music Educators Association and the College Bandmasters Association. He is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, the University of Texas Ex-Student Association Member and a Longhorn Alumni Band Member.
March 1, 2011
