Shawn Murphy is the Fine Arts Coordinator for Liberty Hill ISD and Head Band Director at Liberty Hill High School. A trumpet player, Mr. Murphy earned his Bachelors degree in Music Education from the University of North Texas. His professional affiliations include Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Bandmasters Association.

Over the course of his 20+ year career in music education, Mr. Murphy’s bands have earned numerous UIL Sweepstakes awards, advanced to the UIL State Marching Contest on several occasions, and has been a finalist for the TMEA Honor Band competition. He attributes his successes to the lessons learned from his many mentors, specifically Don Hanna and Ray Stanizewski, Mr. Murphy’s high school band directors at Denton High School.

Mr. Murphy is a proud alumnus of Drum Corps International, having marched with the Sky Ryders based out of Texas, and The Blue Devils from California. After aging out of the activity, he served on the brass staffs of Blue Devils B, Cadets, Blue Knights, Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, and Mandarins.

Mr. Murphy spends his free time mountain biking, playing disc golf, and traveling across the country with his family. Mr. Murphy has been married to his beautiful wife Kim Murphy since 2002, and has two amazing sons, Mason & Hayden, two rambunctious Siberian Huskies, Daphnis and Chloe, and two crazy cats, Cocoa and Mello.