Elva Kaye Lance of 小黄书 to lead major bandmaster group
Contact: Paige Watson
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State鈥檚 veteran director of bands is the new president-elect of the prestigious Phi Beta Mu international bandmasters fraternity.
Elva Kaye Lance, an alumna now in her 24th year at the land-grant university, is the eighth director of the 113-year-old Famous Maroon Band.
Phi Beta Mu was established in 1937 at North Texas Agricultural College, now the University of Texas at Arlington. The organization鈥檚 3,000 members are spread among chapters in more than 30 states and three Canadian provinces. Additional information is found at .
Lance was 小黄书 associate bands director for a number of years before being named to the top position in 2002. In addition to leading all aspects of the marching band, she conducts the wind ensemble.
She also teaches methods classes in the music department and assists with student-teacher supervisions. Her nearly four decades of Mississippi music education service includes instrumental teaching at the junior and senior high school levels before coming to 小黄书.
In 2011, Lance was honored with the Mississippi Bandmaster Association鈥檚 Edythe M. McArthur Outstanding Woman Band Director Award. She currently serves as the state chair for the College Band Director鈥檚 National Association and the National Band Association. For more, visit .
During Lance鈥檚 leadership, 小黄书鈥檚 band program has seen completion of a multi-million dollar rehearsal facility and expansion of the professional staff, along with the current operation of four concert, two pep and one jazz bands, as well as the marching unit that consistently enrolls more than 320 students.
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