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Stephen Meyer (Flagstaff, Arizona) is currently the director of bands and associate professor of music at Northern Arizona University. He previously served on the faculties of the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and the University of South Carolina. As director of bands at Clear Creek High School, the Clear Creek Wind Ensemble was a featured performer at The Midwest Clinic in 2013, a three-time National Winner in the National Wind Band Honors project, and a two-time national finalist for The American Prize in Wind Ensemble Performance.
Before Clear Creek, Meyer taught at Harrison High School in Cobb County, Georgia, where he assisted with performances at The Midwest Clinic in 2007, the Georgia Music Educators Association, and the University of Georgia. As co-director of the marching band, the ensemble was a consistent Bands of America (BOA) Regional and Super Regional Finalist, a BOA Grand National Championships Finalist in 2007, and invited to perform at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2009. Meyer graduated magna cum laude from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with a bachelor’s degree in music education. He earned a master’s degree and a doctorate from the University of Michigan. He is the author of “Rehearsing the High School Band” Volumes 1 and 2, “Rehearsing the Middle School Band,” and “Rehearsing the Marching Band.”