Concert Bands

Bio: Dr. Chris Evans is the Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Maverick Marching Band at UTA. In addition to the marching band, Dr. Evans teaches the Symphonic Winds, Symphonic Band, Marching Band Techniques, and Instrumental Methods and Materials. Previously, Dr. Evans was the Associate Director of Bands at Flower Mound High School. While at Flower Mound, he primarily taught the Concert Band and the JV marching band while assisting with all other aspects of the program. Dr. Evans also served as Assistant Director of Bands at Juan Seguin High School and was a graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma. While at OU he assisted with the concert ensembles, the Pride of Oklahoma marching band, and conducted the women’s basketball band for 2 years. Before graduate school, he taught middle school in Georgia for three years. Dr. Evans, a native of Birmingham, Alabama earned his Bachelors of Music Education from Auburn University. He earned his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Oklahoma. His professional associations include the Texas Music Educators Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (honorary), and Tau Beta Sigma (honorary).

Bio: Dr. Hannah Weller serves as the Director of Bands at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is the conductor of the UTA Wind Symphony and serves as the Area Coordinator for the Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Studios. In addition to her work at UTA, Weller is active as a conducting workshop clinician and festival clinician, working with conductors and musicians of varying ages and experience levels. Weller is an alumna of the University of North Texas, where she earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting (August 2026) and her Master of Music in Clarinet Performance (2024). Her dissertation project, Fundamental Creativity: A Guide for Teaching the Young Conductor, is comprised of a 16-week curriculum and etude workbook for teaching Fundamentals of Conducting at the collegiate level. Weller’s conducting teachers include Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Andrew Trachsel, Amy Woody, and Daniel Cook. She studied clarinet with Kimberly Cole Luevano. During her residency at UNT, Weller had the privilege of serving as a Wind Studies Teaching Fellow and performing in the North Texas Wind Symphony. She continues to perform professionally in the area as a freelance musician and member of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra. Previously, Weller served as the Assistant Director of Bands at East Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas. There, she conducted the ETAMU Concert Band, taught undergraduate conducting classes and applied clarinet lessons, and served as the School of Music Scholarship and Audition Coordinator. Weller began her musical studies at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in May 2022 and earned her B.S. in Music Education with a K–12 teaching certificate. Weller lives in Arlington, Texas with her husband, Dr. Mike Korson. They enjoy travel, cooking, and life with their two pugs, Penny and Chewy.