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Pedagogical lineage:
-Dr. Mark Wilcox, trumpet performance/brass ensembles/brass pedagogy. University of Oklahoma, Wright State University. Student of Karl Sievers and William Adam. -Dr. Christopher Neal, conducting/music education/show design. University of Oklahoma, University of Texas. -Dr. Stan Curtis, trumpet performance. US Navy Band, former professor at George Mason University. Now at Colorado State University. -Ms. Kimberley Kincaid, ensemble management & student engagement. Hyde’s students have won auditions to perform in the following organizations:
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Heather Hyde has a long and successful track record as a teaching artist. She began her teaching career in 2005 when she accepted a position with Ballinger High School while finishing her age out year of DCI with top 12 world grand finalist Memphis Sound.
After graduating from McMurry, Hyde won several fellowship positions for trumpet performance, including residencies at James Madison University, and Pittsburg State University. She ultimately chose to study at George Mason University to allow for close access to all the wonderful musical opportunities available in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. While in D.C. she won a chair with the Capitol Wind Symphony, soloed at the Kennedy Center, and served as the Color Guard Caption Head of drum corps Shenandoah Sound for three years. She was also named Assistant Band Director and Guard Director at Thomas A Edison High School in Alexandria, Virginia and a Teaching Artist for the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Additionally, she took the structure and curriculum she had built at the McMurry Guard Camp and created Summer Spin, a comprehensive color guard and leadership camp focused on excellence and team building.
In 2012, Hyde returned home to Texas to be closer to family, settling in the Lake Jackson area. She completed four year as Associate Band Director and Guard Director at Brazosport High School. She wrote her first drill for the band in the fall of 2014 and together with the full band staff went on to earned the first sweepstakes rating for the school's band program since the 1960's. Under her her solo direction the Concert Band earned the first 1st Division rating for the second band in the history of the school in 2015, and repeated the rating the following spring. In summer 2016 she accepted the position of Color Guard Director and Mid/High Brass Specialist for Clear Creek High School in nearby League City, Texas where she worked with both the high school & feeder school, coached the Trumpet Ensembles, and directed the Color Guard. She graduated from Tarleton State University in May of 2018 with her Master's in Music and continues to pursue higher learning opportunities, especially those related to marching and pageantry arts.
In the Spring of 2020, COVID-19 brought Hyde home to Abilene, Texas, where she now lives and works.
After graduating from McMurry, Hyde won several fellowship positions for trumpet performance, including residencies at James Madison University, and Pittsburg State University. She ultimately chose to study at George Mason University to allow for close access to all the wonderful musical opportunities available in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. While in D.C. she won a chair with the Capitol Wind Symphony, soloed at the Kennedy Center, and served as the Color Guard Caption Head of drum corps Shenandoah Sound for three years. She was also named Assistant Band Director and Guard Director at Thomas A Edison High School in Alexandria, Virginia and a Teaching Artist for the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Additionally, she took the structure and curriculum she had built at the McMurry Guard Camp and created Summer Spin, a comprehensive color guard and leadership camp focused on excellence and team building.
In 2012, Hyde returned home to Texas to be closer to family, settling in the Lake Jackson area. She completed four year as Associate Band Director and Guard Director at Brazosport High School. She wrote her first drill for the band in the fall of 2014 and together with the full band staff went on to earned the first sweepstakes rating for the school's band program since the 1960's. Under her her solo direction the Concert Band earned the first 1st Division rating for the second band in the history of the school in 2015, and repeated the rating the following spring. In summer 2016 she accepted the position of Color Guard Director and Mid/High Brass Specialist for Clear Creek High School in nearby League City, Texas where she worked with both the high school & feeder school, coached the Trumpet Ensembles, and directed the Color Guard. She graduated from Tarleton State University in May of 2018 with her Master's in Music and continues to pursue higher learning opportunities, especially those related to marching and pageantry arts.
In the Spring of 2020, COVID-19 brought Hyde home to Abilene, Texas, where she now lives and works.
