Email: lfolds@ou.edu
Office: Catlett Music Center 116I
Lane A. Folds serves as the Interim Associate Director of Concert Bands at the University of Oklahoma, having been with University Bands since 2024. He has been an educator for 18 years, teaching instrumental music in both Oklahoma and Texas.
His band experience includes corps & military march styles, small ensembles, 6th-12th grade concert bands, and collegiate ensembles. His duties at the collegiate level have consisted of conducting ensembles, conducting lessons, providing undergraduate instrumental technique instruction, instrumental methods, supervising student teachers, and leading student teacher seminar.
Dr. Folds is an active educator and scholar, presenting at state and national level conferences, including recently at the 11th Biennial Colloquium for Instrumental Music Teacher Educators (IMTE). His professional affiliations include the Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OkMEA), Oklahoma Bandmasters Association (OBA), Instrumental Music Teacher Educators (IMTE), Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Music Teacher Educators ASPA, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma (Honorary), and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
