
The Woodlands Concert Band (est. 2000) is a volunteer organization of approximately 90 musicians. Our purpose is to provide an opportunity for adults to continue to perform beyond high school/college and pass on the enjoyment of live music to the members of our community. The band is comprised of members from a wide range of backgrounds and ages.
This year, in addition to performing themed concerts in October, December, March and June, the band will perform our annual “marches” concert to kick off the 4th of July parade at Market Square in The Woodlands. In previous years, we have performed clinics and concerts at the Texas Bandmasters Association and were one of two community bands selected in the country to perform at the 2018 Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL. Last year saw the successful creation of The Woodlands Jazz Knights with well received performances in the area and this will continue with the band playing in concert and at several non-profit events throughout the year.
As part of the band charter, there is never an admission charge for concerts. The band is funded through member dues and generous donations from individuals and organizations in the community.
A unique activity of the band has been a festival where community band members came together for a day under the baton of a celebrated conductor, rehearse all day, and give a concert that evening. At least 20 different community bands have been represented in each of the seven years of the Bayou City Community Band Festival. Festival conductors have included Richard Floyd, John Whitwell, Gary Garner, James Keene, Frank Wickes, Fred Allen and Paula Crider.
In 2016, the band started a concerto competition for area high school students. All high school band students, public and private, who reside in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties are eligible for the competition. The top three winners receive a cash prize ($300, $500, & $1,000) and perform with the Woodlands Concert Band. Over the years we have hit a few roadblocks that have prevented this from being a consistent yearly event (Hurricane Harvey Flooding, COVID-19 pandemic) but this eighth iteration will feature our three winners in concert at the end of May.
Coming out of Covid, to increase our community presence, the WCB has devoted its March concert to the works of a single composer. In addition to participating in the concert, the composer works with area schools that are preparing their music for UIL evaluations. Those composers have been:
2022 – Brian Balmages 2023 – Randall Standridge 2024 – Michael Markowski
The band has recently participated in two consortiums. The band played the Texas premier (and second performance) of Randall Standridge’s Symphony No. 1: A Ghost Story in March 2023 and will be playing Brian Balmage’s just completed Symphony: Windows and Mirrors in May of 2025.
The Woodlands Concert Band is a member of the Association of Concert Bands, an organization dedicated to the promotion of adult community bands. The band helped host the 2009 ACB Convention in Houston and performed for that convention. In 2021 the band was awarded the Sudler Silver Scroll from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, recognizing and honoring “those community bands that have demonstrated particularly high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years, and which have played a significant and leading role in the cultural and musical environment in their respective communities.”
Music Director
Paul Worosello retired in 2013 after a successful 37-year teaching career, the last 34 as Director of Bands and Fine Arts Department Chair at Klein Forest High School in Houston, Texas. Mr. Worosello received Bachelor of Music Education and Master in Clarinet Performance degrees from West Texas State University, where he was a student of Dr. Gary Garner.
Under his baton, the Klein Forest Symphonic Band has been featured at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago (1984) and received the Sudler Flag of Honor (1997). Selected to the Bands of America Concert Festival (1993, 1997), the band has also performed in Carnegie Hall (1999, 2003, 2007, 2013). The National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences recognized Klein Forest as the GRAMMY National Signature School (2003) for the #1 Music Program in the country.
Mr. Worosello served on the State Board of the Texas Music Educators Association as President of Region IX for 21 years. He is also a member of the National Band Association, Texas Bandmasters Association and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. He is a Past President of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Mu and is served as International President for the organization (2013-2015). Selected to the Band World Legion of Honor (1997), Paul was selected as the Secondary Teacher of the Year for the Klein Independent School District (2006) and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the H.E.B. Excellence in Education Foundation (2008), one of five teachers honored in the state that year. Chairing the committee to revise the Texas Prescribed Music List (1989-93) and (2016-21), he was involved with developing a selective music list of marches and revising the concert list for the National Band Association. He has twice been awarded the National Band Association “Citation of Excellence.” In 22020, Paul Worosello was inducted as a member of the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame.
Paul is currently an adjunct faculty member for Sam Houston State University as a University Supervisor, overseeing 10-15 student teachers a year for the College of Education. He serves on the John Philip Sousa Foundation Silver Scroll committee for community bands. Paul is a frequent clinician and adjudicator for marching and concert bands, having served on state championship marching panels for Texas, Louisiana, Nebraska and Illinois.
In 2009 Paul assumed the position of Music Director of the Woodlands Concert Band, an adult community band north of Houston, Texas. In addition to an active concert series every year, under his baton, they have performed for the ACB National Convention (2009), the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (2015), and the Midwest Clinic, Chicago, IL (2018).
Associate Director

Emilio Reyna
Associate Director
Emilio Reyna Emilio Reyna is currently the Director of Bands at Nimitz High School in the Aldine Independent School District in Houston, Texas. Mr. Reyna received his Bachelor of Music Education from Baylor University, where he was a student of Dr. Michael Jacobson.
Under his baton, the Nimitz High School Band has been consistently successful at UIL Marching, Concert & Sight Reading Contests. Mr. Reyna is an active clinician and adjudicator for concert bands.
Emilio is in his sixth year as the Associate Director for The Woodlands Concert Band. He is in his eleventh year of being an overall member.