Heather Becker is in her tenth year as the Director of Bands at Hudson Middle School. In her first nine years at Hudson, Mrs. Becker led the Honors Band to their first Sweepstakes Rating at the UIL Concert & Sightreading Evaluation in 7 years and has seen the entire program grow by 150%. In 2018, she took the Concert Band to their first-ever UIL Concert & Sightreading Evaluation and they were the only sub non-varsity band to attend the contest. She is proud to have added the Wind Symphony to the advanced bands and for that group to begin competing on a state level, submitting their first Honor Band recording in many years. Mrs. Becker is the Camp Director of the GISD Middle School Summer Band Camp and loves filling this role at the district level. Mrs. Becker has served as the lead middle school band teacher for the GISD and is currently the Fine Arts department chair for Hudson Middle School. Mrs. Becker is active as a clinician in the DFW area and around the state. She enjoys mentoring young teachers and is excited to help inspire the next generation of band directors.
Prior to her appointment at Hudson, Mrs. Becker taught for seven years at North Mesquite High School. At North Mesquite, she taught the Symphonic Band and assisted with the Wind Ensemble. Under her direction, the Symphonic Band attended the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest for the first time in 15 years and earned multiple Sweepstakes awards at UIL. The Symphonic Band also earned exclusively Superior Ratings at the Peak Music Festival Contest with Mrs. Becker. In addition to her band directing duties at North Mesquite, Mrs. Becker taught all of the beginning woodwind classes at McDonald Middle School and served as the color guard coordinator at NMHS.
She is a 2007 graduate of Baylor University in Waco, TX and holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education. At Baylor, Mrs. Becker served as the Drum Major and Student Staff Assistant of the Golden Wave Marching Band. She also served as the treasurer of the Phi Xi chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon and the Baylor University Music Educators Association. Mrs. Becker performed with almost every instrumental ensemble at Baylor, including the Wind Ensemble under Dr. Eric Wilson and the Symphony Orchestra under Mr. Stephen Heyde. Mrs. Becker studied clarinet with Dr. Richard Shanley. From 2006-2007 Mrs. Becker also served as the Vice President of the College Student Section of the Texas Music Educators Association.
Mrs. Becker graduated from Naaman Forest High School in Garland, TX. At Naaman, she served as drum major of the marching band for three years and played on the varsity softball team.
Mrs. Becker has two sons, Benjamin (11), and Andrew (8). They are the light of her life and her favorite job is being their mom. Her husband, David Becker, is a band director in the Richardson ISD. David and Heather enjoy bringing Ben and Andrew to band functions and are excited to eventually teach them a band instrument! In her spare time, Mrs. Becker enjoys traveling, reading, listening to podcasts, and spending time with her family.
Professional affiliations include: Texas Music Educators Association (Region 3 Secretary), Texas Bandmasters Association, and Texas Music Adjudicators Association
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