Ed Huckeby is currently an arts consultant and freelance composer, arranger, conductor and clinician. In addition to his career as a composer, he has been an influential figure in higher education and arts administration, most recently serving as President of Southwestern Christian University in Bethany, Oklahoma. Prior to his appointment at SCU, he was Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Music at Northeastern State University-Broken Arrow (OK). Huckeby also served as an arts administrator for Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Inc., and holds the title of Emeritus Professor of Music at Northwestern Oklahoma State University where he served for over two decades as Music Department Chairman and Dean of the Graduate School. He is internationally recognized as an outstanding music educator and composer of over 200 published works.

Huckeby’s performance background and experience is very eclectic, having been a member of a symphony orchestra (horn), a jazz band (trumpet), and a contemporary Christian quintet (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals), as well as having served regularly as a church organist and pianist. His outstanding contributions to band literature have played an important role in the development of the contemporary band repertoire.

Dr. Huckeby holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from East Central University (OK), a master’s degree in music education from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate in administration from Oklahoma State University with additional study at the University of North Texas. He has written music education articles for The Instrumentalist, The American Music Teacher, and The Journal of the International Horn Society, and has held memberships in Music Educators National Conference, Oklahoma Music Educators Association, Oklahoma Bandmasters Association, ASCAP, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Phi Beta Mu, where he served as a member of the national board of directors and state chapter president. Huckeby was selected as an “Outstanding Young Man in America,” is listed in the “International Who’s Who in Music,” and has been an annual recipient of the ASCAP Plus Award for almost three decades. Huckeby was inducted into the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association “Hall of Fame” in 1996 and has recently been recognized by East Central University as a “2020 Outstanding Alumnus.” He has created over 60 commissioned works and has served as a clinician, adjudicator and conductor for instrumental ensembles around the world, including Japan, Australia, Norway, Canada and across the United States.