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After graduating with a degree in Music Education from Texas Tech University in 1976, Cindy Lansford began her teaching career at her alma mater, Robert E. Lee High School, in Baytown, Texas. After relocating to north Texas in 1978, she began a 12-year stint in the Plano Independent School District; first at Plano Senior High School, followed by 10 years at Carpenter Middle School. In 1991, Ms. Lansford joined the Birdville Independent School District and taught at Haltom High School. In 1996 she moved to North Ridge Middle School in the B.I.S.D. where she taught until her retirement in 2007.
During her tenure at Carpenter, Ms. Lansford was named Teacher of the Year and was a recipient of the Ross Perot Excellence in Teaching Award. She was again named Teacher of the Year at North Ridge. Ms. Lansford served on the Prescribed Music List selection committee from 2002 to 2006 and served her regions throughout the years in various leadership positions. She has been a frequent presenter at conventions for both Texas and Oklahoma Music Educators Associations, the Texas and Oklahoma Bandmasters Associations, as well as through the T.B.A. Professional Development program. In 2008 Ms. Lansford received the Meritorious Achievement Award from the Texas Bandmasters Association.
The bands under Ms. Lansford’s direction enjoyed much success throughout the years. Continuous achievement at U.I.L. contests, numerous festivals, as well as state recognition were the norm, and individual student accomplishments were status quo. In 2004 the North Ridge Middle School Band was awarded the prestigious Sudler Cup, an award presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation to outstanding middle school bands. In 2005 the North Ridge Honor Band performed at the 59th Annual Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. In 2006 the North Ridge Band was the first middle school band program to be recognized by the Texas Bandmasters Association as “An Exemplary Program.”
The 2007-2008 school year marked the first year of retirement from a public school position for Ms. Lansford, and she started her second “career” doing freelance work as a consultant, clinician, mentor, adjudicator and teacher. She has been in contact with hundreds of teachers and thousands of students through region and all-state bands and band camps stretching from Alaska to Georgia. Ms. Lansford is a frequent presenter at district in-service and state conventions throughout the southwest. Her daily schedule includes working one-on-one with individual programs and teachers.
Ms. Lansford’s professional affiliations include the Texas Bandmasters Association; Texas Music Educators Association; Texas Music Adjudicators Association, and being past president of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Mu.
