Damian Gonzales is the Central Texas Sales Rep for TMF Tours & Travel. Previously he was Director of Bands at Grisham Middle School in Austin, TX. Prior to his time at Grisham, he was the Director of Bands at Pflugerville Middle School in Pflugerville, TX.

Under his direction, the Grisham Middle School Honors Band, and Pflugerville Middle School Honors Band and Wind Ensemble have been awarded the title of Sweepstakes Band at the Texas UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest in each of his previous 12 years of teaching. His bands also received multiple years worth of unanimous first division ratings and ‘best in class’ awards at various festivals around Texas. In addition to many performances around the state of TX, Mr. Gonzales’ ensembles have twice been awarded the honor to perform at the Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, Washington (2015 – Grisham Honors Band; 2011 – Pflugerville Wind Ensemble).

Mr. Gonzales received his music education from The University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with a degree in Music Studies in 2004. While at UT, Mr. Gonzales studied saxophone with Harvey Pittel and was honored to perform with the Wind Ensemble under the direction of Jerry Junkin. He also performed in the Symphony Band, Longhorn Band, and Tex-Sax, the university’s saxophone choir.

Each summer, Mr. Gonzales returns to the University of Texas to teach at the Longhorn Music Camp as either a conductor or woodwind specialist for both the middle school and high school camps. Mr. Gonzales’ professional affiliations include the Texas Music Adjudicators Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He currently lives in Cedar Park, TX with his wife Jessica, and sons Jason and Trey.

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