Bene Davis
Bene Davis holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music Composition from Northern Arizona University. Mr. Davis has 39 years of teaching experience and 17 years as a head high school director. He retired in May of 2020 as Director of Bands at Lindale Junior High School in Lindale, Texas. Mr. Davis’ bands are consistent UIL Sweepstakes winners and have been selected twelve times as a Texas Music Educators Association Region Honor Band, advanced to the T.M.E.A. State Honor Band Contest multiple times and finished as high as tenth place. His ensembles won first place honors in the ATSSB Outstanding Performance Series State Contest. In 2019, Texas Bandmasters Association named Mr. Davis and the Lindale Junior Band as Texas’ Exemplary Middle School Band Program for that year.
Mr. Davis is a former state officer for the Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association, the International Association of Jazz Educators – Arizona Unit, and a TMEA Region Officer. His professional associations include Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, and Phi Beta Mu - International Bandmaster Fraternity.
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Mr. Davis is an active clinician and adjudicator, published composer, arranger and performer. Mr. Davis is married to his college sweetheart and they have three grown children, all of whom are accomplished musicians. Spending time with their three beautiful granddaughters gives them great joy. The Davis family is very involved with the music ministry in their local church.
by Bene Davis
by Bene Davis
