SOMERVILLE ISD BAND & DIRECTOR HONORED BY TEXAS BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION WITH EXEMPLARY AWARD

  

Somerville ISD Band Director Carl Idlebird and the Somerville High School Band have received an award from the Texas Bandmasters Association (TBA).

During the TBA’s annual convention last week in San Antonio, Idlebird and the band were honored as the recipients of the 2025 Exemplary Band Program Award for high schools in Texas.

According to the TBA, the award is presented each year by the TBA Board of Directors to a band program and director that have “been a consistent exemplary performing band program in Texas for a long period of time.”

Somerville ISD congratulates Idlebird and the program for the recognition, writing on social media, “We have the best band director!”

Idlebird has served as Somerville ISD’s band director since 1992.  He was honored earlier this year with induction into the Association of Texas Small School Bands Class of 2025 Hall of Fame.