Hannah Weller is the Assistant Director of Bands at East Texas A&M University where she teaches the concert band, undergraduate conducting classes, assists with the “Pride” Marching Band, and provides administrative/logistical support to the band program as a whole.

Weller is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting at The University of North Texas in Denton, TX (Class of 2027) with a related field in clarinet performance. In her residency at UNT, Weller served as a Wind Studies Teaching Fellow. In this capacity, she taught undergraduate conducting classes, worked with the UNT Green Brigade, conducted the Concert-Versity Band, and guest conducted the North Texas Wind Symphony, Wind Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble. Weller’s conducting teachers include Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Andrew Trachsel, Amy Woody, and Daniel Cook. She will continue her studies in clarinet with Kimberly Cole Luevano.

Ms. Weller is an active clarinet teacher in the DFW metroplex, maintaining a studio comprised of 9th-12th grade clarinetists. Aside from her occupational and scholastic endeavors, Weller was a semifinalist in the ICA Young Artist Competition (July 2023) and enjoys playing professionally in the area as a freelance musician, and member of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra.

Weller recently graduated from the University of North Texas with her Master of Music in Clarinet Performance (May 2024). During her graduate studies, she was a member of the North Texas Wind Symphony, UNT Symphony Orchestra, as well as numerous chamber groups. She was a member of Trio Rindo in Spring 2023, which took third prize in the George Papich Chamber Music Competition, and a flute-clarinet-piano trio which was selected to perform at the 2023 UNT Fall Chamber Music Gala.

Weller graduated Summa Cum Laude from Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, PA (2022). There, she earned her B.S. in Music Education with a K-12 teaching certificate. At Messiah, Weller was a student of Dr. Stephanie Cramer, and served as the principal clarinetist of the wind ensemble and symphony orchestra. She was also a member of the clarinet choir, woodwind quintet and the symphonic winds. At Messiah, Weller was a finalist (2020) and eventual winner (2021) of the Lance K. Kuhlman performance competition. She was also selected as the department’s Presser Scholar for her musical and academic accomplishments, as well as her leadership and citizenship within the department.