TMEA 2017 Professional Development Conference Program

TMEA SELECTED PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES // THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017
John David Hazlett
5:00 –5:50 PM | MCGAVOCK HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE
John David Hazlett and John Womack, Conductors
Presidential Ballroom AE
The Wind Ensemble is the premiere band in the music program at McGavock High School.
This ensemble is open to 10th through 12th graders and membership is selected by audition
only. The students in this group consistently are a part of the MTSBOA All Mid-State and
Tennessee All State Ensembles. The ensemble plays a variety of literature with an emphasis
on the classical standards in the wind ensemble repertoire. The Wind Ensemble consistently
receives the highest marks at M.T.S.B.O.A Concert Performance Assessment and has been
invited to play at several special performances including TMEA State Festival and the Belmont
Wind Ensemble Invitational.
John David Hazlett is Director of Bands/Arranger/Composer at McGavock High School
in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mr. Hazlett is an alumnus of the McGavock High School Band and was on staff with the
band beginning in 1998 as the jazz, brass and marching instructor. He received his Bachelor
of Science in Music Education from Austin Peay and a Masters of Arts in Instrumental
Conducting from Middle Tennessee State University. Mr. Hazlett served as Director of
Bands at Joelton Middle before coming to McGavock in 2004. Mr. Hazlett also serves as
the Jazz Band Director, the Coordinator of Music Theory Studies, teaches the Advanced
Placement Theory Course and served on the AP Music Theory Textbook Selection
Committee and Curriculum Mapping Committee for Metro Nashville Schools. Mr. Hazlett
is an active composer and arranger, writing for marching bands across the eastern United
States. Mr. Hazlett has also been on staff with the Music City DCI Drum Corps.
As a trumpeter, Mr. Hazlett was section leader, principal trumpet, marching band
captain, 1998 TN Trumpet Competition winner, and All State Band member. Mr. Hazlett
received his BS in Music Education from Austin Peay State University, Magna cum Laude.
At Austin Peay, Mr. Hazlett was principal trumpet in the Wind Ensemble, soloist in the
Governor’s Marching Band and member of the faculty Brass Quintet. Mr. Hazlett was
also guest conductor with the APSU Wind Ensemble. In 2001, Hazlett received the
National Sinfonian Foundation Scholarship and was named Sinfonian of the Year by the
Theta Tau Chapter. Mr. Hazlett completed his student teaching with JoAnn Hood and
Rick Murphy at Overton High School in 2002.
Mr. Hazlett was Graduate Teaching Assistant with the University Bands at Middle TN
State University. While pursuing his MA in Instrumental Conducting at MTSU, Hazlett
conducted both the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band in concert and was principal
trumpet in the Wind Ensemble. Mr. Hazlett also served as conductor of the MTSU
Concert Band in Spring 2006. Mr. Hazlett has studied conducting from Gary Schallert,
Reed Thomas, Rapahael Bundage, Bob Lee and Carol Nies.
As a composer, Mr. Hazlett’s original compositions and arrangements have been
performed in cocert around the world. In 2002, Hazlett’s Three Moods for Brass Quintet
received third place in the National Young Composer’s Competition. In 2004, his
DREAMS for Brass Quintet and Three Moods were recorded and released on compact
disc by the Austin Peay Faculty Brass Quintet.
Mr. Hazlett is also in demand as an arranger, writing custom marching band arrangements
and compositions for high school and university marching bands.
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