Dr. Eric L. Hinton is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Susquehanna University where he conducts the University Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Stadium Band. He teaches trumpet, conducting, and courses in brass methods and the...More
Dr. Eric L. Hinton is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Susquehanna University where he conducts the University Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Stadium Band. He teaches trumpet, conducting, and courses in brass methods and the history and literature of the wind orchestra. Under his leadership, The Susquehanna University bands have performed at conferences of the College Band Directors National Association, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, and the National Association for Music Educators. He is also founder and director of the High School Wind Ensemble Institute, a summer 7-day residential music camp devoted to wind ensemble and chamber music performance. Dr. Hinton is in demand as a conductor, adjudicator, and clinician and has appeared with ensembles throughout the United States and Europe. In 2009, he conducted the Pennsylvania All-State Concert Band in Valley Forge, PA. He has also conducted region and festival bands in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland. Recently, Dr. Hinton conducted the U.S. Army Europe Band in Heidelberg, Germany as part of their "Hands Across the Sea" concert series. His book, Conducting the Wind Orchestra: Meaning, Gesture, and Expressive Potential was published by Cambria Press in December 2008. Dr. Hinton received his undergraduate and master's degrees from Northwestern University where he studied conducting and arranging with John P. Paynter, trumpet with Vincent Cichowicz and music education with Bennett Reimber and Don Owens. He received his PhD from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the United Kingdom where his primary teachers were Guy Woolfenden and Timothy Reynish. His performances with the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Wind Orchestra have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as well as Lyric FM in Ireland.
Less