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Our Conductors -
  Ted Bachmann, Principal Conductor
Ted Bachmann earned his Bachelor and Master of Music
Education Degrees from the University of Tulsa, where he studied
clarinet and saxophone from Dwight Dailey and flute from Jan Coffey
Dailey. He was Graduate Assistant with the TU Band and was Adjunct
Professor of Woodwinds at Northeastern Oklahoma State University in
Tahlequah during graduate school. Ted taught Instrumental Music in the
public schools of Jenks, Sugar Land (TX), Sand Springs, and Union,
retiring in 2008 after 33 years of service.
Currently, Ted is Adjunct Professor of
Clarinet and Assistant Band Director at Tulsa Community College where
he also serves as Academic Support Technician for Music in the
Performing Arts Division. Ted remains active as a band clinician,
consultant, and adjudicator and as a professional performer.
 Charles L. Surine, Associate Conductor
A graduate of NEO A&M College and Northeastern
State University, Charles L. Surine retired from teaching after 29
years in Oklahoma Public Schools, and 1 year in private school. He
taught instrumental, vocal, and general music. Charles is currently
working part time as a brass repair technician and school service
“road” man for The Music Store, Inc., in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Charles has been a member of the Tulsa Community
Band since 1999, and is an accomplished trombone player. He has served
as an Assistant Director of the Tulsa Community Band in the past, and
is currently our Associate Director.
 Martha Kramer, Assistant Conductor
A 1966 graduate of Sapulpa High School, where she
was a student of George Brite, Martha Kramer went on to Tulsa
University and received a BME in 1970. She served as a band director at
several Oklahoma schools, inlcuding Morris, Edmond, Sapulpa, and Jenks.
She has been a guest clinician for several regional honor bands in
Oklahoma, and has served as a solo and ensemble adjudicator at various
district contests in Oklahoma for many years.
Martha has been a member of the Tulsa Community Band for 15 years, and plays the oboe.
 Dwight M. Dailey - Director, Emeritus
Dwight M. Dailey directed the Tulsa Community Band for twenty-five years.
He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.M.E. and M.M.
degree in woodwind instruments. During his thirty-seven year tenure at
the University of Tulsa, he directed the TU Band, taught clarinet and
saxophone, and founded the TU Jazz Band. In addition, he served as the
Principal Clarinetist and Assistant Conductor for the Tulsa
Philharmonic for many years. He currently plays First Clarinet in the
Tulsa Community Band.
 Paris York - Associate Director, Emeritus
Paris York served as a member of the Third
Division Marine Band from 1952 to 1955, and graduated from the
University of
Oklahoma in 1959 with a Masters Degree in Music Education. He was the
Director of the Pride of Broken Arrow Grand National Champion Marching
Band for many years, and was inducted into the Oklahoma Band Masters
“Hall of Fame” in 1997. His bands consistently received Superior
ratings throughout his teaching career. He is the founder and co-owner
of The Music
Store, Inc., in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In January of 2011, Paris was honored by the Oklahoma Music
Educators Association, which bestowed upon him their first ever Lifetime Achievement
Award. Paris played tenor saxophone and bass
clarinet with the Tulsa Community Band, and was our Associate Director
for
16 years.
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