Diane Gorzycki is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, and has taught in the
Austin I.S.D. for 27 years. She has been the Director of Bands at Bailey Middle School since
it opened in 1993. Her bands have performed at the 1996 national MENC convention, at the
2001 J.P. Sousa Middle School Honor Band Clinic in Charleston, South Carolina, at the 2002
Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, Washington, and has performed at the 2004
CBDNA/NBA Southern Division Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Her band is the 2001
recipient of the prestigious Sudler Silver Cup International Award. Ms. Gorzycki serves on the State Board of Directors for Texas Music Educators Association, Phi Beta Mu, and Texas
Music Educators Conference. She is a member of TMAA, MENC, NBA, Phi Delta Kappa,
WBDI, SAI, and Tau Beta Sigma.
Diane Gorzycki passed away today, September 30 around 1pm Central Time from cancer. Please keep your thoughts open for her family, friends and former students.
Austin ISD is looking to name their new middle school in southwest Austin. If you’d like to contribute Diane’s name as a suggestion, go to this link: http://www.austinisd.org/schools/swms/
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