Meet The Directors
Bryan Buffaloe - (2004-Present)
Bryan Buffaloe currently serves as the director of orchestras at Clear Lake High School in Houston, Texas home to NASA. Under his direction, the “Lake” Orchestra has grown to its present enrollment of 255 members. They have received consistent UIL “Sweepstakes” awards and have earned Best in Class and Overall Outstanding Orchestra Honors at South Coast and DC Music Festivals. They have been named as a GRAMMY Signature School by the GRAMMY Foundation and performed at the National Band and Orchestra Invitational in Carnegie Hall. Under his direction, the Clear Lake Orchestras consistently rank among the top orchestras in Texas having received first runner-up in the TMEA State Honor String Orchestra competition and second-runner up in the full orchestra state competition.
Mr. Buffaloe, a native of Wichita Falls, Texas, is a graduate of Sam Houston State University were he was a member of the Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale and Symphonic Choir. In previous years, Bryan served six years as orchestra director at Klein Forest High School where he was named Teacher of the Year in 2003 and the music department was named the 2003 National Signature School by the GRAMMY Foundation. He also served two years as assistant orchestra director at Stratford High School and was a founding teacher of the youth orchestras and public school string program in Conroe ISD. Mr. Buffaloe's Orchestras have performed at the Southern Music Conference in Atlanta, Georgia and the American Honor Orchestra Conference in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as well as the National Band and Orchestra Invitational in 2001 and 2006.
In addition to his teaching, Bryan is active as a clinician and adjudicator having conducted fourteen all-region orchestras, the Myrtle Beach All-County Orchestra in 2005 and the South Carolina All-State Philharmonic in 2004. He is past conductor of the Greater Houston Youth Orchestra Philharmonic and now is serving as manager and director of the Bay Area Youth Symphony. Bryan has served as Orchestra Vice-President of Texas Music Adjudicators Association and is currently Vice-President for the executive board of the Texas Orchestra Director's Association. He served six years as production manager and board member of the Austrian Alps Performing Arts Festival held in Innsbruk, Austria. Mr. Buffaloe is also the manager of the Sam Houston State Summer Orchestra camps and has served as an instructor at the camps for the past thirteen years. He has been named eight times to Who's Who Among America's Teachers and was the 2003 recipient of the Marjorie Keller Young Teacher Award presented by the Texas Chapter of ASTA. In 2008, Mr. Buffaloe received the Fidelity Future Stage Award as an Outstanding Music Educator and Music Advocate for the city of Houston presented by the Houston Symphony. He has performed as a soloist with the Deer Park HS Chorale at the American Choral Directors Association convention in Carnegie Hall and as an accomplished “fiddler”, he has performed across the US and has won several fiddling championships.
Bryan enjoys singing and is currently serving as the interim worship leader at his church. He like to travel, spend time with friends and his wife Anita, a choir director at Deer Park HS, and their three beautiful children Brendon, Braden and Brynlee.
TMEA Honor Orchestra Achievements
2011 Clear Lake High School Full Orchestra - 1st
2010 Clear Lake High School String Orchestra - 2nd
2010 Clear Lake High School Full Orchestra - *2nd
2009 Clear Lake High School String Orchestra - 7th
2009 Clear Lake High School Full Orchestra - *3rd
2008 Clear Lake High School String Orchestra - 7th
2008 Clear Lake High School Full Orchestra - *10th
2007 Clear Lake High School String Orchestra - 2nd
2007 Clear Lake High School Full Orchestra - *3rd
2003 Klein Forest High School Full Orchestra - 4th
2002 Klein Forest High School Full Orchestra - 6th
2001 Klein Forest High School Full Orchestra - 4th
2000 Klein Forest High School Full Orchestra - 5th
1998 Stratford High School String Orchestra - 7th
*Indicates recording submitted is played by previous school year's full orchestra.
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