Zach Lancaster is an Assistant Band Director at Frenship High School, where he has taught the Jazz Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and the Tiger Marching Band since 2025. Before teaching at Frenship, Mr. Lancaster taught for two years at Craig Middle School in Abilene ISD, where the Non-Varsity Band under his direction earned a first division rating at UIL for the first time in the history of the campus. 

 

Mr. Lancaster is originally from Waco, Texas and graduated from Midway High School. He attended McLennan Community College and marched with the Baylor Golden Wave Band while enrolled at MCC. He later transferred to Hardin-Simmons University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in Music Education. Mr. Lancaster later returned to Waco and attended Baylor University, where he earned his master's degree in Saxophone Performance in 2023. At Baylor, he studied saxophone under Dr. Michael Jacobson. Additionally, Lancaster performed with the Baylor Wind Ensemble, Baylor Symphonic Band, the Baylor Jazz Ensembles (combo and big band), and played alto sax in the Impetus Saxophone Quartet.  

 

In addition to his role as a band director at FHS, Mr. Lancaster performs as a professional saxophonist in the Lubbock area and continues to work on staff every summer at the Baylor University Summer Music Camps. In his free time, Mr. Lancaster likes to travel, go hiking, exercise, and spend time with his friends, family, and cat.