BIO
In 1996, Mr. Laux began directing orchestras in the Clark County School District centered in Las Vegas, Nevada. His first assignment was at Swainston Middle School and from 1997 until 2003, he served as orchestra director and webmaster at Lied Middle School. During his term in the CCSD, Mr. Laux was chair of the CCSD Middle School Honor Orchestra and served as a technology consultant for the secondary music teachers.
In 2003 he relocated to Orlando, Florida and served as the orchestra director and guitar instructor at Cypress Creek High School. After two years at Cypress Creek, Mr. Laux was appointed as the orchestra director Winter Park High School. In 2006, the Winter Park Philharmonic was selected to perform at the prestigous Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.
In addition to public school teaching, Mr. Laux has spent the last eleven years as an adjunct faculty member at the college level. He taught for the College of Southern Nevada and continues to work for Valencia Community College (Orlando, FL) teaching online music appreciation courses. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member at The University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he taught string instrument methods.
Mr. Laux's leadership roles include serving as president of the Nevada and Florida chapters of the American String Teacher's Association (ASTA). He is also a member of the Music Educators National Conference, the Ohio Music Educators Association, the Association for Technology in Music Instruction, the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME), and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity.
In his spare time, Mr. Laux's hobbies include working with Macintosh computers and applications, developing websites, audio recording, softball, and cooking. He resides in Hilliard, Ohio with his beautiful wife Tricia and two cats, Layla and Eleanor.