Dr. Thomas Lyle inducted into Alabama Bandmaster Hall of Fame
Dr. Thomas Lyle was elected into the Alabama Bandmaster Hall Of Fame for 2012. The announcement was made at the April meeting of Rho Chapter of Phi Beta Mu international Band Fraternity.
Dr. Thomas E. Lyle was born in Decatur, Alabama on July 3, 1928. In 1930, His family moved to Birmingham where he played in the band program at Parker High School. He obtained his undergraduate at Tennessee State University and taught at high schools in Huntsville and Winter Park, FL before joining the staff at Florida A&M University in 1960. He completed his education at the University of Michigan earning a Masters degree in Music Education in 1964, and a Doctorate in Clarinet Performance in 1977.
In 1964, Dr. Lyle came to Alabama State University, where he began a distinguished record as Director of Bands. He developed a 175 piece Marching Band and an eighty piece Symphonic Band that became nationally acclaimed. Dr. Lyle also founded the Summer Band Camp at Alabama State University. The Birmingham Grid Forecasters selected him “College
Dr. Thomas Lyle
Bandmaster of the Year” for several seasons. His tenure at ASU also included service as Professor of Clarinet and Head of the Instrumental Music Department. Dr. Lyle has been initiated into the Alabama Band Director’s Association, as well as the KappaKappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Fraternity and Sorority at Alabama State University. He was also a member of the College Band Directors National
Association,
National Band Association, Ph Kappa Lambda, and many other honorary associations.
After his retirement from Alabama State University, he was appointed Band Director at Stillman College in 2000. In 2010, Dr. Lyle cut the ribbon at the Thomas E. Lyle Band Center, an annex to the Cordell Wynn Humanities and Fine Arts Center. The Thomas E. Lyle Band Center houses the marching and concert bands at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Dr. Lyle passed away on June 9, 2011.
Left to right: Dr. Lyle’s daughter April Thomas, wife Evelyn Lyle, sister Doris Cooley and Dr. John M. Long.
14 May/June 2012
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