<div style=”width: 480px; float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; font-size: small;”><img src=”/cms/lib/TX01918331/Centricity/Domain/4/news-aug17-pointsofpride.jpg” alt=”Spring ISD Board Trustee Jana Gonzales shakes hands with Gabe Musella, while Chief of Staff Julie Hill looks on.” /><br /> Spring ISD Board Trustee Jana Gonzales, from left, shakes hands with Gabe Musella, while Chief of Staff Julie Hill looks on.</div>
<p>HOUSTON – Aug. 11, 2017 – The Spring ISD Board of Trustees, during its Aug. 8 meeting, presented a Point of Pride Award to Spring High School Band Director Gabe Musella for his outstanding contributions to music education in the district. Musella’s work was <a href=”https://www.springisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=8&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=6759&PageID=1″>recently recognized at the state level</a> with the 2017 Meritorious Achievement Award from the Texas Bandmasters Association, presented during the organization’s annual convention and clinic in San Antonio in July.</p>
<p>Among those at the board meeting to congratulate Musella was Dr. Joe Clark, Spring ISD director of performing and visual arts, who called the band director a “leading role model” in the district. Clark also read a statement from one of Musella’s former students, Lauren Moore, who now works in operations at the Houston Symphony.</p>
<p>“There was never a lack of enthusiasm or caring,” wrote Moore, noting that with Musella’s guidance and support, “I felt like there was nothing I couldn’t do.”</p>
<p>In accepting the Points of Pride award, Musella credited co-workers, administrators and students for their support. “These are all wonderful people who have made working at Spring an amazing thing.”</p>
Spring High School Band Director Recognized by Board for Prestigious Meritorious Achievement Award
