Plano Community Band
Serving Plano, Texas Since 1979

Tommy was born and raised in Jackson and Vicksburg, Mississippi. He received Bachelor and Masters of Music degrees from Northeast Louisiana University. Tommy taught band in Mississippi and Louisiana prior to coming to J.J. Pearce High School in 1969, producing consistent sweepstakes bands, many of which received state and national honors for outstanding performance. Since leaving teaching to become a school financial consultant, Tommy has continued to be active as a clinician and conductor. Tommy joined the Plano Community Band as Conductor in 2001.

Tommy and his wife Denise reside in Richardson, Texas.

James Carter, Associate Conductor

Jim Carter was born in Texas City, Texas, and spent the first two years of his life in Friendswood. He has made Plano home since 1969. Going though the Plano schools and its band program at Plano Senior High in the mid-eighties, where he played baritone saxophone.  During his high school days, Jim was privileged to have played with Doc Severinsen and Alan Vizzutti, but his first love always seemed to be jazz. After graduation, he was selected to play with the National Bandmasters Association Jazz Band, performing with Marvin Stamm at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Jim attended Sam Houston University on a music scholarship, receiving his degree in Music Education in 1991. After teaching a couple of years, Jim returned to Plano and to Tele-Cable, where he had worked during high school.  To keep music in his life, Jim joined the Community Band in 1993 as a baritone saxophone player. He became the band’s associate conductor in 1995.

Jim and his wife, A’ngela Neveu, reside in Plano, Texas.