Bud Woodruff

Bud Woodruff is an accomplished educator, conductor, composer and arranger. He recently retired from the Deer Park Independent School District (Deer Park, Texas) after a 16-year tenure teaching orchestra (grades 6-12) and serving as head of the orchestra program for 14 years.

Mr. Woodruff graduated from the University of Houston with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in music. While there, he studied composition with Michael Horvit, conducting with A. Clyde Roller and James T. Matthews. After graduating, he performed with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra for 22 years, and for 16 years, served as the music director and orchestra conductor of the Pasadena, Texas Philharmonic Society. In addition to his myriad achievements in Deer Park, he has also conducted All-Region Orchestras in Texas and Arkansas.