BAND DIRECTORS
Hector Trevino
Hector Trevino is the current Director of Bands at Douglas MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas. He earned a masters degree in Educational Leadership from The University of Texas at San Antonio, and his Bachelor in Music Education from Texas A&M University at Kingsville. His experiences working with multiple instrumental and vocal ensembles in San Antonio has given him a different perspective on his approach to teaching band. Mr. Trevino has written pieces for a variety of ensembles in addition to being a marching band arranger.
During his tenure at MacArthur, the program has made consistent sweepstakes, qualified for area finals in marching and concert contests, and has seen an increased in membership. Mr. Trevino led the Luther Burbank High School Band program from 2016 until 2021. Under his direction the band earned many consecutive sweepstakes. The marching band qualified for UIL area finals for the first time in their district’s history, and the wind ensemble earned many accolades including being selected as one of three featured bands from the state to perform at the 2021 TMEA convention. From 2012 to 2016 he served the John Greenleaf Whittier Middle School Band program as their Director of Bands.
Mr. Trevino is an active member of TMEA, currently serving as President of Region 12, and has served as a convention clinician, UIL adjudicator, as well as a conductor for TMEA and ATSSB Region Bands. Other memberships include the Texas Band Masters Association, the Texas Music Adjudicators Association where he currently serves as an elected member of the Committee on Standards of Adjudication and Performance Practices, and an alumni of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Matthew Pettit
Originally from San Antonio, Matthew Pettit is the new Percussion Director at Douglas MacArthur High School and has several years of experience working as a percussion educator in both the San Antonio and East Texas areas.Previously, Mr. Pettit was the Percussion Director for Redwater ISD in Redwater, Texas where he oversaw percussion curriculum for grades 6th-12th in addition to handling inventory management, instrument maintenance, and assisting with all performing ensembles. Under his direction, the high school percussion section received numerous marching caption awards and solo/ensemble 1st division ratings in the East Texas area each year. The Redwater High School Marching Band was a finalist in the 2023 UIL 3A State Marching Band Competition and a bronze medalist in both 2024 and 2025 while being consistent 1st division sweepstakes recipients during the concert season.
Mr. Pettit is a graduate of Floresville High School where he participated in marching band, concert band, percussion ensembles, and indoor percussion offered within the band program. He then went on to Texas State University where he graduated with a B.M. in Music Education. Mr. Pettit studied under Professor Genaro Gonzalez and had the opportunity to perform in a wide range of ensembles including concert bands, marching band, symphony orchestra, percussion ensembles, and steel drum band. Outside of the Texas State University music program, Mr. Pettit also participated in both the WGI and DCI competitive circuits with Rhythmic Force in 2019 and Genesis Drum & Bugle Corps in 2020. Matthew is excited to be back in the San Antonio area and can not wait to take the MacArthur High School percussion section to new heights.
Annika Becker
Annika Becker is the new assistant band director at Douglas MacArthur High School. Ms. Becker is originally from Cypress, Texas and attended Cypress Woods High School.
She earned a Masters of Arts in Teaching as well as a B.M in instrumental music education from Trinity University in San Antonio where she was the principal oboist of both the Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. During her time at Trinity, she also played in chamber ensembles and musicals and was involved in both the double reed and French horn studios.
Ms. Becker taught private oboe lessons for 7 years and had Area and All-State level students. She loves marching band and has worked with many programs in both the San Antonio and Houston areas including Alamo Heights HS, Cypress Woods HS, and Ronald Reagan HS where she completed her student teaching.
Most recently, Ms. Becker was the assistant band director at Arnold Middle School in Cy- Fair ISD.
When she is not teaching, Ms. Becker enjoys performing on her oboe. She loves cooking, playing tennis, and spending time with her dog, Casper.
She is super excited to be joining the Mac family and cannot wait to get started!
Darius Kennedy
I was born and raised in Rochester, New York where I began my marching career in 2008. I marched with a group called the Mighty Liberators until 2012 where I then began to march with the Patriots until my age out in 2016. During those years I have been blessed to have won several championships, become WGI regional finalists at numerous regionals, and even finalists at the Winterguard International Championships.
Once I aged out, I began my teaching career as a tech with the Gates Chili Winterguard in 2016. After a few years I was given the opportunity to relocate to the Big Apple which I couldn’t pass up!
After a few months in New York City, I began to miss what I loved most which was guard. I then auditioned for the Independent World group Alter Ego where I would spend the next 2 years back doing what I loved. Unfortunately that would end due to the pandemic that hit us in 2020.
Once the pandemic began to die down in about 2022, I came to visit a friend who introduced me to the colorguard community here in San Antonio where the void of guard in my life was filled once again. I then relocated to San Antonio to work at Churchill High School where I currently work to date.