Steven Hendricks

A 35 year veteran music educator, Steven Hendricks is currently the Director of Bands at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Prior to this appointment he taught at Davis High School, BYU-Idaho, and Kaysville Junior High. He loves sharing what he has learned throughout his career with music educators and their students, and is now in demand across the country as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.

Steven was recognized with the “Superior Accomplishment” award and the “Outstanding High School Music Educator” award from the Utah Music Educators Association.  He received eight citations of excellence for concert band, jazz band, and marching band from the National Band Association, and in 2015 his band program was selected as the western division NBA Blue Ribbon Award Winner.  In 2014 he received the Utah High School Activities Association’s “Music Educator of the Year” award. He was featured in the 2013 “50 Educators Who Make a Difference issue of School Band and Orchestra Magazine. In 2017 Steven was named Davis School District Teacher of the Year and was the first runner up for Utah State Board of Education Teacher of the Year. He is also a recipient of the Sorenson Legacy Award for Excellence in Arts Education and the Jon M. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Education. In 2021 he was inducted into the Utah Music Educators Association Hall of Fame.

Steven is the author of the book “Life Lessons in the Band Room and A Band Geek’s Diary: The Upbeat. These books are available on Amazon.com.