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Travis Hatton, who has taught at Valley since 2001, directs the Middle and High School orchestras and the High School String Ensemble and teaches A.P. Music Theory. Travis’s education includes a Bachelor’s of Music, magna cum laude, in Music Theory and Composition from The University of the Pacific, a Master’s of Music in Orchestral Conducting from The New England Conservatory of Music, and doctoral studies at Ball State University. Travis is also the Music Director of the Beaverton Symphony, conductor of the Concert Orchestra of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony and the Sunnyside Symphony, and has appeared as a guest conductor with many groups nationally and internationally, as well as local ensembles such as the Eugene Opera, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, the Mt. Hood Pops Orchestra, and the Rose City Chamber Orchestra.