Nathan Hines

Band Director​

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Our Director of Bands at Morehead High School is Mr. Nathan Hines.  

Mr. Hines holds a bachelors degree in Music Education from West Virginia University, with an emphasis in trumpet performance and orchestral and band conducting.  Mr. Hines also holds Masters Degrees in Education and Special Education from California University of Pennsylvania.  

 

During his undergraduate studies at West Virginia University,

Mr. Hines studied trumpet under Dr. John R. Winkler as well as band and orchestral conducting under  Don Wilcox and Lawrence Christianson.  

He was a member of the trumpet sections for the "Pride of West Virginia" Marching Band, WVU Wind Symphony, WVU Jazz Ensemble, and the WVU Symphony Orchestra.  

 

During his enrollment in the Master of Education program at California University of Pennsylvania Mr. Hines served as a teaching assistant for the University Band Program.  Mr. Hines was awarded the Presidential Scholars Award for Academic Excellence and inducted into the Kappa Kappa Psi Band Fraternity in 2014.     

 

Mr. Hines has been nominated for "Teacher of the Year" for Morehead High School fives times and was awarded the honor in May of 2022.  He was later selected as the District Runner-up for "Teacher of the Year" for Rockingham County Schools in 2022-2023.   He serves as the Arts Department Chair for Morehead High School and is the Lead Band Director for Rockingham County Schools. 

 

Mr. Hines was selected as a member of the National "Band Directors Marching Band" in 2020.  He performed in the 2023 "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" in New York, NY and the 2026 "Tournament of Roses Parade" in Pasadena, CA.​​​​