Clinics with MasterClass Faculty
American Classic is providing one-time clinics for high school varsity bands, choirs, and orchestras in select locations!
Larry Schnitzer
Larry Schnitzer recently retired as the Head of Wind and Percussion Studies at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas.
A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, bands and orchestras under Mr. Schnitzer’s direction earned 26 UIL Sweepstakes awards while winning 19 contests at both the regional and national levels in six different states.
During his tenure at Booker T. Washington HSPVA, the Wind Ensemble was chosen to be a feature performer in the “National Youth Concert Series” at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the UIL State Wind Ensemble Festival in Austin, and was named a national winner in the “Mark of Excellence” recording project. Prior to his appointment to the faculty at Booker T. Washington HSPVA, he spent 23 years as the Director of Bands at Naaman Forest High School in the Garland Independent School District.
Mr. Schnitzer is currently the conductor of the Joyful Noise Concert Band of North Texas, an adjunct professor of music at Dallas College Richland Campus, and a mentor teacher to several schools in the surrounding DFW Metroplex.