Band Faculty
 Dr. Douglas Stotter is Director of Bands, Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Wind and Percussion Division in the UTA Music Department. He conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting and wind literature courses while overseeing all aspects of the band program. He is active as conductor, clinician and adjudicator throughout the United States and most recently in China, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
Prior to his appointment at UTA, Dr. Stotter served for seven years as Assistant Director of Bands at Indiana University, where he conducted the Concert and Symphonic Bands and taught advanced undergraduate and graduate instrumental conducting courses in the IU School of Music. Previously, Dr. Stotter was Director of Bands and head of instrumental music education at Valdosta State University, where he conducted the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and Marching Band and taught courses in conducting, marching band techniques and secondary instrumental methods. Dr. Stotter has also served as Director of Bands at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Doane College in Nebraska and at Galesburg (Illinois) High School.
Dr. Stotter’s new textbook, Methods and Materials for Conducting, was published in 2006 by GIA Publications and is now in use at numerous universities across the country. His other publications include contributions to the text Teaching Music Through Performance in Band (Volumes 5 and 6), as well as research into the history of Edwin Franko Goldman and the Goldman Band published in the Journal of Band Research. His arrangement for concert band of songs by Ralph Vaughn Williams, Three Dorset Songs, was published in 2003 by Daehn Music and performed at the 2004 Midwest Clinic. His latest arrangement, a setting of Percy Grainger's Sussex Mummer's Christmas Carol, was published in 2006 by Daehn Music. Dr. Stotter also served for 9 years as Editor of the College Band Directors National Association Report.
Dr. Stotter received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music education from The University of Michigan and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from The University of Iowa. He is a member of the Conductors Guild, the Music Educators National Conference, the National Band Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association, the Texas Music Educators Association and is an active member of the College Band Directors National Association, serving on the National Executive Board as treasurer. He is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma chapters at UT Arlington, Indiana University, the University of Missouri-Rolla, Valdosta State University and the University of Michigan.
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Matthew Luttrell joins the faculty of the University of Texas Arlington as Associate Director of Bands August. 2007. Matthew is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Arizona State University. At Arizona State, Matthew served as assistant conductor to Gary Hill and Wayne Bailey in the Chamber Winds, Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble, as well as an instructor for the Sun Devil Marching Band, including arranging and writing drill for the ensemble.
Prior to Arizona State, Matthew served as Assistant Director of Bands at Illinois State University, where his duties included conducting the symphonic band, teaching instrumental conducting, marching band techniques, as well as directing the 250 member Big Red Marching Machine and Redbird Basketball Band. He also served as coordinator for the State of Illinois High School Marching Band Championship, Concert Band Festival, and the State of Illinois Middle/Junior High School Concert Band Festival.
Mr. Luttrell received the Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Master of Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Luttrell serves as both a clinician and adjudicator across the Southwest, Midwest, and Pacific North, and his professional affiliations include CBDNA, IMEA, MENC, and is an honorary member of both the Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi honorary bands fraternities.
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Jack Lee currently serves as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for Bands and Winds/Percussion at UTA. In that position he is an assistant to all ensembles and is the co-conductor of the University Band, a band that offers a creative and positive music-making environment for students to enjoy making music as a diversion to their academic schedule.
Jack is a 2001 graduate of Whitney High school and has studied music at Hill College in Hillsboro, TX and The University of Texas at Arlington. In 2005 he completed his undergraduate work at the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, TX and holds a Bachelor of Music degree. His professional affiliations and memberships include: Texas Music Ecuator's Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, North American Saxophone Alliance, Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, and MENC.
Applied Faculty
Over 320 music majors study with a distinguished faculty that enjoys a national reputation for outstanding contributions in teaching, performance, and research. Students receive personal attention at the University and have the opportunity to develop close friendships with both students and faculty in a department of moderate size. Click on a name for contact information and to learn more about our outstanding faculty. Click here for information about the Wind and Percussion area at UTA.
Janis Grannell - Flute
James Hobbs - Oboe
Charles Hall - Bassoon
Carol Jessup - Clarinet
Tim Ishii - Saxophone
Rick Bogard - Trumpet
Heather Test- Horn
Dennis Bubert - Trombone
Ed Jones - Tuba & Euphonium
Michael Varner - Percussion
Jim Yakas - Percussion
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