Elliott Tackitt
Assistant Director of Bands
Elliott.Tackitt@nau.edu
(928) 523-4224
Building 37, Room 180A
Elliott
Tackitt serves as Associate Director of Bands at Northern Arizona University.
His duties include assisting in the direction of the Lumberjack Marching
Band, Symphonic Band, and the Lumberjack Pep Band. Before joining the
NAU faculty, Mr. Tackitt served as Associate Director of Bands at Flower
Mound High School in Flower Mound, Texas. Mr. Tackitt earned a Master
of Music degree in wind conducting from the University of Missouri,
Kansas City – Conservatory of Music and Dance, where he studied
under Steven Davis. While at UMKC, Mr. Tackitt assisted with the instruction
of the undergraduate conducting class, conducted the pep band, and
aided in the preparation of the Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble. His
duties also included assisting with administrative responsibilities
pertaining to the wind band department. Mr. Tackitt received his undergraduate
degree in trombone performance with music education certification from
the University of Michigan.