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SFA Band Director Elected to Honorary Fraternity
Sylvia Bierschenk - July 18, 2007
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - David W. Campo, associate director of bands and director of the Lumberjack Marching Band at Stephen F. Austin State University, has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Mu, an international school bandmaster fraternity.
Established in 1938, the honorary fraternity has approximately 300 active members in Texas, with additional chapters in most of the 50 states as well as Canada, Japan and Europe.
In order to be considered for membership in Phi Beta Mu, one must have at least 10 years of successful teaching experience and must have produced and maintained an outstanding and consistent band program in the public schools or universities.
Campo was sponsored by Jim Jones of Center. Co-sponsors were Fred Allen, SFA director of bands, and Waymon Bullock of Lufkin.
Prior to his appointment at SFA in 2003, Campo was a conducting associate for the University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony and a graduate teaching assistant for the Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band at the University of Oklahoma where he received his doctoral degree.
He has also served as the assistant director of bands at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, where he supervised all aspects of The Pride of Acadiana Marching Band, the Sixth Man Basketball Band and the University Concert Band.
Campo has been the assistant director of jazz band at Nichols State University in Thibodaux, La., and the director of bands at Thibodaux High School, Erath High School and Port Allen Middle School in Louisiana.
Campo has received national and international recognition as a composer and arranger. He has been commissioned to write works for the Southwest Louisiana Band Directors Association, the Acadiana Symphony, and the University of Southwestern Louisiana Wind Ensemble. His music has been published by Alfred Publishing in Los Angeles and MSB Publishing in Chantilly, Va.