Dr. Clifton Evans currently serves as Director of Orchestras and String Area Coordinator at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Evans has enjoyed a conducting career that has taken him to England, Austria, the Czech Republic and throughout the state of Texas. Mostly recently, he had his debut performance in China with the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra. Highly sought after as a clinician and lecturer, Dr. Evans has conducted numerous Region Orchestras and Bands and given multiple lectures on conducting and rehearsal technique. His upcoming schedule includes a return engagement with the American Festival of the Arts Conservatory Orchestra in Houston in the summer of 2010.

Dr. Evans’ work has been widely acclaimed both at home and abroad. At the 11th Annual International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival and Competition in Buxton, England, he was awarded Outstanding Music Director for his work with the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston. Recent concerts here at home have also been reviewed enthusiastically in the Houston Chronicle. His guest appearance with OrchestraX was hailed as "strong music-making" with "plenty of character" by music critic, Charles Ward. Mr. Ward later wrote that Dr. Evans’ debut as Music Director with the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston "exploded with beauty," and added, "the performance was the best musically I've heard from the society." Everett Evans wrote that Dr. Evans’ performance of H.M.S. Pinafore featured a "crisp, vivid orchestral performance: sprightly in the brisk turns, gracefully flowing in the lyrical numbers."

In addition to his duties as a music director and teacher, Dr. Evans maintains an active presence at summer festivals and conventions. For six years, he conducted the Fargason concerts for the Texas Music Teachers Association, which feature concerto competition winners selected from musicians across the state of Texas. He also conducted the prestigious American Festival for the Arts Conservatory Orchestra in Houston for five consecutive seasons. 2009 marks his second summer to conduct the Festival Orchestra at the Texas Cello Academy, and he will also conduct the Symphony Orchestra at the UTA Summer Strings Camp.

Dr. Evans’ previous positions include Director of Orchestras and Chamber Music for the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Music Director for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston, Conductor for the Houston Youth Symphony, and Music Director and Conductor of the Houston Civic Symphony. He currently maintains professional memberships in TMEA, TODA, Conductors Guild, the College Music Society, and the League of American Orchestras. He is an honorary member of the Tau Beta Sigma chapter at UTA and also serves as the faculty advisor to the newly formed Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia chapter. He resides in Arlington with his wife, Christy, and their four children, Samuel, Luke, Gabriel, and Ava Grace.