Kay Vanlandingham was appointed as Administrative Director for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) in 2007. In her position, Ms. Vanlandingham coordinates Continuing Professional Education (CPE), TMEA Region Grants, and the Texas Future Music Educators programs, as well as administers the TMEA, Reitz and McNallen Scholarship programs. Prior to assuming this role, she dedicated thirty-one years of her life to nurture and inspire orchestra, choir, and band students. In each one of her assignments, Ms. Vanlandingham built music programs not only numerically, but in excellence.

Ms. Vanlandingham served the Round Rock Independent School District as Fine Arts Facilitator, orchestra liaison for the district, department chair, and various district- and campus-wide committees too numerous to mention. She was co-conductor of the Austin Youth Philharmonic Orchestra from 1996-2000 and has been the co-conductor of the Austin Youth Symphony Orchestra since 2004. Ms. Vanlandingham has received national recognition by the WalMart Corporation as Outstanding Teacher of the Year. She holds memberships and affiliations with TMEA, the Texas Orchestra Directors Association (TODA), Mu Omicron, the Texas Music Adjudicators Association, and has served on the Committee on Standards of Adjudication and Performance Practice as well as the University Interscholastic League Prescribed Music List Committee. She has conducted the Longhorn Music Camp’s Philharmonic Orchestra during the years of 2005-2009.

Ms. Vanlandingham is a member of the Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts Cadre and has served as a presenter at the annual Texas Fine Arts Summit. She is a Past President of TODA and frequently serves as a judge and clinician across the state. Ms. Vanlandingham has been listed in “Who’s Who in American Teachers” numerous times, and, in addition to her activities as a violinist and teacher, she also performs as a soprano soloist in her community.