David Heywood

Adjunct Professor of Jazz Flute and Wind Ensemble

Education

University of South Carolina
M.M., Performance

North Texas State University
B.M., Performance

Performance/Recording Highlights

David Heywood got his B.M. in performance at North Texas State University, where he studied improvisation with Dan Haerle and Rich Matteson, and he got his M.M. in performance at the University of South Carolina under Bert Ligon.

He has been on the jazz faculty at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. since 1999, where he also directs the wind ensemble. As an arranger, he has done dozens of big band and mixed jazz ensemble arrangements for the Charleston Jazz Orchestra, The Charlton Singleton Little Big Band, the U.S. Air Force, and other professional groups in Charleston and Las Vegas.

As a performer, he leads the Charleston Latin Jazz Collective, and plays regular local jazz gigs on flute and piano.  In addition, he was named winner of the 2015 Jazz Flute Masterclass competition sponsored by the National Flute Association. You can hear him performing his arrangements for Jazz and Classical flute groups on his YouTube page, Flute Adventures.

He also recently published a transcription collection of the music of Horace Silver, Entitled Horace Silver: A Select Compilation, available at Jazzbooks.com

Courses Taught

• MUSC 131 - Music Appreciation
• MUSC 353 - Wind Ensemble
• MUSC 359 - Jazz Combo