Barbara Lambrecht became marching band director and visiting instructor at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in August of 2005 after forty years of teaching band at the secondary level in Texas and New Mexico.

Mrs. Lambrecht has been instrumental in leading several high school bands to high levels of awards in various competitions. Her bands have been selected for numerous honors including AAAA State Champions in New Mexico; Sudler Cup of ExcelLence, a national award presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation; State Honor Band in Texas; "Outstanding Band" at Six Flags over Texas; and Heritage San Diego Music Festival, to name a few.

Mrs. Lambrecht adjudicates state and local competitions in numerous states and has conducted honor groups across the south and southwest and All State groups as far away as Hawaii. Active also as a performer, she plays flute and teaches a small studio of private flute students. Barbara also presents in-service clinics for public schools, colleges and universities, and has presented clinics at statewide music meetings in many states.

Honored numerous times by her colleagues, Mrs. Lambrecht has been the recipient of Tau Beta Sigma's national Outstanding Service to Music Award, the Texas Chamber of Commerce Cultural Award, National Band Association Achievement Award, Texas Music Educators Association Achievement Award, and twice had her "day" proclaimed by the city council. Most recently she was chosen as one of the 2000 Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century and named to Who's Who of American Women.

In addition to her school duties, Mrs. Lambrecht writes for and serves as Contributing Editor for The Instrumentalist. Her articles have also been published in several other professional journals as well as bicycling magazines. She is the author of three books, one of which served as a textbook for 6th grade social studies students at Morehead Middle School, and another which is due to be published soon by Southern Music Company, entitled So Your Child Wants to Join the Band, a handbook for rookie parents of band students. She also writes and arranges music for band and for brass quintet. This past spring two of her pieces won First Place in the Barclay Arts and Music Competition, and she has an arrangement of Billy Joel's Air (Dublinesque) due to be published by Hal Leonard this summer.

We are honored to have Mrs. Lambrecht work with our band and presenting two of her arrangements for your enjoyment.