A Conversation with Paula Crider

As Paula Crider quit her high school basketball team she was handed a trumpet and a career in music followed. After seven days of student teaching she became the school band director. Paula talks about her days of growing up in Mississippi to becoming director of the University of Texas Longhorn Marching Band. A past president of the National Band Association and American Bandmasters Association, Paula offers wonderful insights and advice to band directors at all levels.