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Eanes ISD

Fine Arts

Eanes ISD offers exceptional Fine Arts programs at all grade levels and campuses. As a crucial component of the District’s Graduate Profile, participation in fine arts programs fosters a well-rounded experience that provides our students a broad range of engagement, develops critical thinking skills, and promotes teamwork, leadership and responsibility.


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KERRY TAYLOR

KERRY TAYLOR
Director of Fine Arts, Director of Bands


Kerry Taylor, Director of Fine Arts, has been part of the Eanes ISD Fine Arts for 34 years. He also serves as the Department Chairman for Westlake High School Fine and Performing Arts and as Director of Bands for Westlake High School and Eanes ISD. Mr. Taylor has been a fine arts educator in the Texas public schools for over 39 years including five years in Katy ISD and over 32 in Eanes ISD. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music degree in Applied Conducting, both from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Taylor is an active clinician and adjudicator. He is a Past-President of the Texas Music Educators Association and currently serves as President-Elect for the American Bandmasters Association.  He has been recognized by the UIL with the Sponsor of Excellence Award, the Sousa Foundation as a Legion of Honor Laureate, and the Texas Bandmasters Association with the Meritorious Achievement Award. His bands have performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, tours of the Pacific Northwest and Canada, the American Bandmasters Association, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, four times Carnegie Hall and twice at the Tournament of Roses Parade.

The Chaparral Band has received the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s “Sudler Flag of Honor” for excellence in concert bands and the “Sudler Shield” for excellence in marching bands. In 2017, the Westlake Band program was recognized by the international band fraternity, Phi Beta Mu, as an inaugural recipient of the “Program of Distinction.”

He and his wife Valerie, a long-time EISD educator and current PhD candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas, are the proud parents of two sons; Brian, a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at Michigan State University and Sean, a recent graduate of the University of Dallas.

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RALEIGH TAYLOR

Fine Arts Administrative Assistant

(512) 732-9280 ext. 33115