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Tiffany Hitz (Fairfax, VA) is Director of Middle School Bands at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax County, Virginia. She has earned degrees in music education from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Boston University. In addition to teaching in Fairfax since 2001, Hitz maintains an active schedule as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator throughout the United States.
A member of the National Band Association, Hitz serves as the Virginia State Chair and on the organization’s Board of Directors as a Middle School Representative.
Hitz is a 2023 recipient of the Bandworld Legion of Honor from the John Philip Sousa Foundation. She is also a two-time nominee for the Grammy Music Educator Award and was previously recognized by School Band and Orchestra Magazine as one of the Fifty Directors Who Make a Difference. She is an inducted member of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity and the American School Band Directors Association. She is particularly proud to have received the 2018 Outstanding Music Education Alumni Award from her alma mater, VCU School of the Arts.
Active as a member of the Virginia Music Educators Association, Hitz serves as Chair of the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (VBODA) Adjudicator Training Committee and is a member of the VBODA Selective Music List Committee. She is also a member of Women Band Directors International and has contributed to their official journal, Woman Conductor, as both an author and as the former Elementary Editor.
Hitz is a contributing author in the book Women in Wind Band, released in late 2023. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and completed a tenure as Secondary Fine and Performing Arts Coach for the FCPS Teacher Induction Program, Great Beginnings: The Next Generation.
Hitz continues to perform on french horn and is a regular member of the Fairfax Wind Symphony. She enjoys spending her summers teaching at music camps across the country.