Tyler Merideth earned both a B.M. cum laude in Church Music and a M.M. in Music Education from Belmont University. At Hillwood High School since 2019, Merideth teaches Choir, Orchestra, and AP Music Theory and serves as the Visual and Performing Arts Chair. In 2022, Merideth won the MNPS Student's Choice Academy Teacher of the year and was one of 30 music educators that received the CMA Foundation Music Teacher of Excellence.
Merideth is known for his dynamic conducting and creative approach to teaching, having guest conducted honor choirs in Tennessee and West Virginia and orchestras in Tennessee and Indiana. He has also been an integral part of the W.O. Smith Music School Summer Camp since 2008. As a collaborative pianist, Merideth has contributed annually to the Tennessee All-State Choirs since 2005 and performed with the 2020 ACDA Southern Region Junior High Honor Choir in Mobile, Alabama. Merideth has also taught adjunct music courses at both Lipscomb and Belmont University. He currently serves as the program director of the Nashville Children's Choir and the Director of the MNPS Summer Choir Clinic. His published compositions and arrangements have been performed across the United States and abroad.
Merideth has taught Choir, Orchestra, and AP Music Theory at Hillwood High School since 2019. In 2020, Merideth was nominated by the students of Hillwood as a MNPS Academy Teacher of the Year Candidate and in 2021 was selected by his colleagues as a finalist for the HHS Teacher of the Year. During the pandemic, Merideth augmented interest in his ensembles by collaborating with renowned guest performers from across the Nation in the virtual classroom. Thanks to the rich experiences students had in these interactions, enrollment in music classes increased when in-person instruction resumed.
Merideth is known for his dynamic conducting and creative approach to teaching, having guest conducted honor choirs in Tennessee and West Virginia and orchestras in Tennessee and Indiana. He has been an integral part of the W.O. Smith Music School Summer Camp since 2008 and currently serves as the assistant director of the Nashville Youth Choir. As a collaborative pianist, Merideth has been a regular fixture for the Tennessee All-State Choirs since 2005 and recently performed with the 2020 ACDA Southern Region Junior High Honor Choir in Mobile, Alabama. In 2013, Merideth was the score reader for PBS’s National Broadcast of “Christmas at Belmont” featuring Denyce Graves. Merideth has also taught adjunct music courses at both Lipscomb and Belmont University. Since 2016, his published compositions and arrangements have been performed across the United States and abroad.
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