Clinics with MasterClass Faculty
American Classic is providing one-time clinics for high school varsity bands, choirs, and orchestras in select locations!
Paul Worosello
Paul Worosello retired in 2013 after a successful 37-year teaching career, the last 34 as Director of Bands and Fine Arts Department Chair at Klein Forest High School, Houston, Texas. Mr. Worosello received Bachelor of Music Education and Master in Clarinet Performance degrees from West Texas State University, where he was a student of Dr. Gary Garner.
Under his baton, the Klein Forest Symphonic Band has been featured at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago (1984) and received the Sudler Flag of Honor (1997). Selected to the Bands of America Concert Festival (1993, 1997), the band has also performed in Carnegie Hall (1999, 2003, 2007, 2013). The National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences recognized Klein Forest as the GRAMMY National Signature School (2003) for the #1 music program in the country.
Paul served on the State Board of the Texas Music Educators Association as President of Region IX for twenty-one years. He is also a member of the National Band Association, Texas Bandmasters Association and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. He is a Past President of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Mu and is a Past President of the International Executive Board for Phi Beta Mu. One of ten band directors in the United States selected to the Sousa Foundation Legion of Honor (1997), Paul was selected as the Secondary Teacher of the Year for the Klein Independent School District (2006) and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the H.E.B. Excellence in Education Foundation (2008), one of five teachers from any discipline honored in Texas that year. Chairing the committee to revise the Texas Prescribed Music List (1989-93) and serving again on that committee (2017 – present), he was also involved with developing a selective music list of marches and revising the concert list for the National Band Association. He has twice been awarded the National Band Association “Citation of Excellence”.
In January 2009, Paul assumed the position of Music Director of the Woodlands Concert Band, an adult community band north of Houston, Texas. Under his baton, they have performed for the ACB National Convention (2009), the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (2015), and the Midwest Clinic (2018). The band was awarded the Sudler Silver Scroll (2021) from the John Philip Sousa Foundation recognizing community bands of outstanding musical excellence.
Paul is an adjunct faculty member for Sam Houston State University as a University Supervisor, overseeing 10-15 student teachers a year for the College of Education. Paul is a frequent clinician and adjudicator for marching and concert bands, having served on state championship marching panels for Texas, Louisiana and Nebraska and Illinois. In 2021, he was inducted into the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame.