Greetings Sisters and Brothers,

The National Council of Tau Beta Sigma is excited to announce the appointment of Dr. LaToya Webb to position of National Vice President of Professional Relations for Tau Beta Sigma.

Dr. Webb is the newly appointed Assistant Director of the Longhorn Band and Assistant Professor of Practice in Conducting at the University of Texas at Austin. In this role Dr. Webb is an active presenter and writer on topics of bias, diversity, equity, and inclusion in music education. In 2021 alone she will have appeared as a speaker at meetings of NAfME, the College Music Society, and the Midwest Clinic. She recently co-founded the organization I See You: Affirming Representation in Music. Its mission states: “All minoritized students deserve to see themselves reflected and affirmed in and through the music community.” As a conductor, she was the recipient of a Reynolds Conducting Institute Fellowship in 2019. Dr. Webb holds degrees from Norfolk State University, George Mason University, and the PhD in Music Education from Auburn University.

Dr. Webb is a Life Member of the Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma at Norfolk State University. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Webb in her new role!