Conrad Johnson made his Kashmere High School Stage Band a national phenomenon — not just at band competitions, but in the world of commercial popular music. The recordings he made of the band ...

He returned to Houston to teach music at Washington High School and, in the late 1960s, at Kashmere, where he remained until retiring in 1977.

Thunder Soul, a documentary about the Kashmere High School Stage Band's return to the stage after 35 years, makes a powerful argument for the necessity of arts education.

Alumni of Kashmere High School 's award-winning stage band program of the 1960s and '70s will perform Thursday at Unity Church, 2929 Unity Drive, following a screening of Thunder Soul, the ...

ABC13 plus is celebrating Kashmere High School's historic marching band from northeast Houston. The band is known for its musical talents and dance moves.

Under the able baton of late, legendary Houston music educator Dr. Conrad Johnson, Kashmere High School's band program became a force to be reckoned with in the '60s and '70s. Augmenting the ...

Noting that he has likely heard literally thousands of stage band recordings, Alapatt continued, “Nine times out of 10 if you get a high school stage record from the late ‘60s, early ‘70s ...

For many musicians, the roots of their careers reach into the high school band room. Here's the one band who did it better than anybody. Ever.

Just before 4:30 p.m., when the 8-hour school day ends at Kashmere High School, a man waited in a pickup truck. "I don't need my name in print," he said. "I’m just James, Class of ‘75." James ...

Conrad Johnson made his Kashmere High School Stage Band a national phenomenon — not just at band competitions, but in the world of commercial popular music. The recordings he made of the band ...

Conrad Johnson made his Kashmere High School Stage Band a national phenomenon — not just at band competitions, but in the world of commercial popular music. The recordings he made of the band ...