Steve Shoop teaches band at Ennis High School, in Ennis, Texas. Mr. Shoop holds a BME degree from Texas Christian University and a MME degree from Indiana University, where he studied tuba with Harvey Phillips and arranging with Domenic Spera. He also served as a graduate assistant director of the famed Marching Hundred under Ray Cramer. He has recently earned his PhD degree in music education at the University of North Texas where he has studied tuba and arranging with Donald Little and composition with Martin Mailman. Steve's dissertation was on the history of the Texas band Movement.

Mr. Shoop has a number of published compositions and arrangements to his credit, as well as magazine and journal articles, including the Instrumentalist and T.U.B.A Journal. Professional affiliations include Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Music Educators National Conference, Texas Music Educators Conference, and the American Federation of Musicians. He holds a life membership in Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association and has been awarded an honorary life membership in the Texas Parent Teacher Association.

Mr. Shoop serves as Co-coordinator of the annual TUBACHRISTMAS concerts in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. During the Spring, 1996 semester, Steve taught an instrumental techniques course at Southern Methodist University.

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