- Director of Bands at Charles B. Cook Middle School
- Awarded Sudler Cup of Honor for outstanding
achievements
- Active clinician and adjudicator throughout Texas
“Using the AirMax Breather has changed my students’ awareness of what is physically necessary in breathing to play a musical instrument. It has also changed their perception of the importance of breathing. The students themselves give credit to the results they notice in their tone quality and technical ability to the AirMax Breather”
Full Biography
Tye Ann Payne has completed her twenty-fifth year as a band director in Texas. She is currently in her tenth year as Director of Bands at Charles B. Cook Middle School in the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Houston. Prior to Cook Ms Payne taught at Jersey Village High School, CFISD with Denis Kidwell. She has also taught at the junior high level in the Spring Branch ISD in Houston and the Richardson ISD in the Dallas area.
During her tenure at Westwood Junior High in Richardson, Ms Payne was awarded the prestigious Sudler Cup of Honor presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation for outstanding achievements at the junior high level. Ms Payne is a graduate of the University of Houston and a student of Eddie Green. Her bands have received consistent superior ratings and honors at concert and sight-reading contests and festivals.
Ms Payne is honored to serve her profession as a member of Texas Music Educator’s Association, Texas Band Masters Association, and Texas Music Adjudicator’s Association. She is a member of Phi Beta Mu, a professional music fraternity that acknowledges excellence in teaching. Ms Payne is an active clinician and adjudicator throughout Texas.