Honor Band Clinicians
Dr. Timothy Kaiser
Timothy Kaiser serves as Director of Instrumental Activities and Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music Education at Oklahoma Baptist University. In this capacity, he oversees all artistic, educational, and administrative aspects of the Instrumental Studies area, conducts the OBU Symphonic Winds and OBU/Shawnee Community Orchestra, teaches upper-division music education courses, and supervises student teachers.
Dr. Kaiser’s professional experience encompasses all ensemble types at all levels of instruction. He maintains an active schedule as a speaker and conductor, with engagements in North and South America, Europe, and Australia. His presentations on curriculum and rehearsal pedagogy have been featured at over 20 state music education conferences. Recent research is slated for publication by Universal Edition Vienna and Oxford University Press.
Dr. Kaiser holds degrees from The University of Arizona, The University of Texas at Arlington, and University of the Pacific. His professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, National Band Association, International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, and Society of Pi Kappa Lambda.
Haley Woodrow
Haley Woodrow is a North Texas-based composer, writing primarily for symphonic band, chamber winds, and jazz band. True to many 21st-century composers, her music is influenced by a broad range of genres, which she considers a reflection of herself as both a musician and a music lover. In composing, Haley aims to balance serving the listener, the performer, and her own artistic voice. She thinks of herself as a vessel, her music as “accessible art,” and allows herself time during the creative process to truly discover the composition—or at minimum, its first version.
Haley’s concert band compositions have received awards and recognition from the American Bandmasters Association/Sousa/Ostwald Composition Contest, the National Band Association, and the Texas Music Educators Association. Her music has been performed by hundreds of universities and community ensembles, as well as thousands of high school and middle school groups. Her works have been featured at numerous music education conferences, initiatives, and events across five continents.
Haley formerly taught keyboard at The King’s University and composition at Tarrant County College, where she led an entrepreneurial chamber music composition program. She earned a Master of Music in Composition from Texas Christian University and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington. Haley and her husband, Jonathan, have one daughter and consider their relationship with God through Jesus Christ to be the most important part of their lives.