Caroline Beatty serves as Director of Bands at Texas State University-San Marcos. Her responsibilities include conducting the Wind Symphony, directing the Bobcat Athletic Bands, and teaching conducting and methods classes. Dr. Beatty also enjoys an eclectic performance and teaching schedule outside of the university. She has been engaged as a conductor with the Austin Symphony Wind Ensemble, the Victoria Bach Festival, for recording projects of composers John Mackey and Stephen Barber, and with various regional and all-state high school bands. Her diverse teaching engagements have included serving as a conducting workshop clinician, providing a workshop lecture on music in American history for secondary school history teachers, and serving as a rehearsal clinician for high school and middle school bands across the state.
Dr. Beatty previously held the positions of Associate Director of Bands at Texas State and at Northwestern State University. Her public school teaching experience includes thirteen years as a high school band director. While in that position, ensembles under her direction garnered frequent accolades for their performances, including consistent superior ratings and top awards at various festivals in the state and around the country as well as selection as a Texas Music Educators Association 5A Honor Band finalist.
Dr. Beatty holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the University of Michigan and holds both a Master of Music degree in Instrumental Conducting and a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from The University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of College Band Directors National Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, and the Conductor’s Guild and is listed multiple times through student nominations in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
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