Technology Coordinator
Church Band Director
School Band Director
Education
- Bachelor of Arts - Director of Parish Music with a major in Education from Concordia University, Chicago
- Private study in choral and instrumental conducting with Victor Hildner, Thomas Gieschen, and Richard Fischer
- Trumpet Performance study under Alan Rogers, principal trumpet, Austin Symphony
Certification
- Elementary Education for Kindergarten through Eighth Grade (Texas)
- Elementary Education for Kindergarten through Ninth Grade (Illinois)
- Microsoft Office User Specialist
Honors
- Outstanding Lutheran Educator in the Texas District
- Project Mars City Alpha Science Teaching Award
- NASA Honors Teacher
Professional Memberships
- Lutheran Education Association
- Texas Bandmasters Association
- Texas Choral Directors Association
- International Society for Technology in Education.
Experience
Music
Mr. Urban has conducted concert bands, jazz bands, vocal choirs and handbell choirs for grade school, high school, and adults in Illinois and Texas.
Mr. Urban has been performing, composing and arranging since high school. He has performed with the Oak Park/River Forest Symphony, the Boerne Concert Band, the Wheaton Municipal Band, the Wheaton Jazz Band, the Lone Star Swing Orchestra, the San Antonio Lutheran Chorale, and the Hill Country Vocal Arts Society.
Technology
Mr. Urban is a certified Microsoft Office Specialist (Access 2003). His educational technology articles have been published by Concordia Publishing House, the LCMS Board for Parish Services, the Lutheran Education Association, and the Master Teacher. Mr. Urban has led science and technology workshops throughout the Texas District, and for the Educational Service Center, Region 20.
Technology Coordinator
Church Band Director
School Band Director
Education
- Bachelor of Arts - Director of Parish Music with a major in Education from Concordia University, Chicago
- Private study in choral and instrumental conducting with Victor Hildner, Thomas Gieschen, and Richard Fischer
- Trumpet Performance study under Alan Rogers, principal trumpet, Austin Symphony
Certification
- Elementary Education for Kindergarten through Eighth Grade (Texas)
- Elementary Education for Kindergarten through Ninth Grade (Illinois)
- Microsoft Office User Specialist
Honors
- Outstanding Lutheran Educator in the Texas District
- Project Mars City Alpha Science Teaching Award
- NASA Honors Teacher
Professional Memberships
- Lutheran Education Association
- Texas Bandmasters Association
- Texas Choral Directors Association
- International Society for Technology in Education.
Experience
Music
Mr. Urban has conducted concert bands, jazz bands, vocal choirs and handbell choirs for grade school, high school, and adults in Illinois and Texas.
Mr. Urban has been performing, composing and arranging since high school. He has performed with the Oak Park/River Forest Symphony, the Boerne Concert Band, the Wheaton Municipal Band, the Wheaton Jazz Band, the Lone Star Swing Orchestra, the San Antonio Lutheran Chorale, and the Hill Country Vocal Arts Society.
Technology
Mr. Urban is a certified Microsoft Office Specialist (Access 2003). His educational technology articles have been published by Concordia Publishing House, the LCMS Board for Parish Services, the Lutheran Education Association, and the Master Teacher. Mr. Urban has led science and technology workshops throughout the Texas District, and for the Educational Service Center, Region 20.