 In 1959, Fredell Lack began teaching violin at the University of Houston, where she remained on the faculty for 50 years before retiring in 2009.She was the 1982–83 recipient of the Esther Farfel Award, given by colleagues to a single University of Houston faculty member each year.The Texas Music Teachers Association awarded her the Outstanding Teaching Achievement Award (Collegiate), a statewide distinction, in 1990.