Tom Patterson Round Rock

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 central Texas, Tom Patterson graduated from high school later acquiring an 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 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. Band director Tom Patterson performed with the University Orchestra, The University Wind Ensemble, The University Opera and the Marching Band.  In 1998 Tom Patterson performed with The University Wind Ensemble in New York at Carnegie Hall.  Round Rock’s Tom Patterson has also accompanied The University Chorus as well as played in The University's Ulumni Band.
 
Round Rock District’s Deerpark Middle School Band Director Tom Patterson completed his Masters in Music Education at the University in 2002. Patterson also performed with The University 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 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 as band director 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 in Round Rock ISD as well as Assisting the bands at Ridgeview, Hopewell and CD Fulkes Middle Schools. Since 2004, Tom Patterson has served in the Round Rock school district as the band director 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 many times for their excellence in competitions, receiving many awards in sight-reading, stage performance, beginning bands, jazz bands and in the Texas State Honor Band process. Certainly, Round Rock school district’s Tom Patterson and the band students at Deerpark Middle School are a true reflection of his passion to teach and to be an example to young musicians.