Director
Stephen Clink
Stephen Clink is a committed musician and educator.
He is currently the Head Orchestra Director at Flower Mound High School, and teaches Studio Viola at TWU. In TX, he has been called on to judge local solo and ensemble competitions, has presented workshops for the Flower Mound Community Orchestras, and served as sectional coach for the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestras (GDYO). In addition to directing the orchestras at FMHS, he co-music directed the Spring Musical, Oklahoma, which was nominated for several DSM Awards including
Best Music Direction, and Best Orchestra. Mr. Clink began his study of music as a violist in the Pittsburgh, PA area, and went on to study music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (BME), and the Hartt School (MM). Before moving to TX, he was director of orchestras at Hall and Conard High Schools in West Hartford, CT, where he directed 5 orchestras, including the I Giovani Solisti Chamber Orchestra. While in CT, he also served as a substitute director and/or sectional coach for the Hartt School Community Division Suzuki Orchestras, Connecticut Youth Symphony, Connecticut Doctor's Orchestra, and West Hartford Summer Arts Festival (Pit Orchestra). He helped direct the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra in a collaborative concert with Solisti in 2010, and helped design a collaboration with Solisti and Ballet Theatre Company (BTC) in 2014 based on a marine veteran's experiences teaching dance in Fallujah, Iraq. He took Solisti on performance tours to Italy, Austria, and Montreal/Quebec City. Prior to coming to West Hartford, Mr. Clink was Music Director at Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, and orchestra director at Barnstable High School in Cape Cod, MA. He also spent 7 summers on staff at the North Carolina Governor's School where he taught viola, music theory/history, directed the string orchestra, and taught a non-music course entitled self and society. Committed to continuing conducting study, he was an active participant in the Rose City International Conductor's Workshop, where he conducted the Rose City Chamber Orchestra, and Waterville Valley Conducting Masterclass with Kenneth Keisler.
Mr. Clink enjoys inspiring students to reach ambitious goals in their music-making, and take joy in being part of an ensemble. His students have been accepted to NafME All-National and All-Eastern Honors Ensembles, the National Youth Orchestra (NYO), and in CT consistently represented a significant portion of the CMEA All-Region, and All-State festivals. He was director of the 2017 CMEA Northern Region Honors Orchestra, has presented workshops at YPAS in Louisville, KY, and also served as string sectional coach for the CMEA middle school region honors orchestra. In 2008, he was asked to prepare students to perform as soloists with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. While in TX, many orchestras under his direction have achieved sweepstakes ratings at UIL, and many of his students have achieved acceptance into TMEA Region and All State honors orchestras.
As a violist, Stephen has performed concertos with the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra, and North Carolina School of the Arts Wind Ensemble. He also played with the Simsbury Light Opera, several regional/area orchestras and musical organizations in TX and CT, and played for recording sessions at Firebox 12 (New Haven). He performed in masterclasses for Pamela Frank, and members of the Cavani, Miami, Lark, and Juilliard String Quartets. He has studied viola with Peter Slowik, Steve Larson, Paul Silver, Jodi Levitz, Louise Zeitlin, and members of the St. Petersburg String Quartet.
Associate Director
Ryan napier
Ryan Napier is ecstatic to join the Flower Mound High School Orchestra Program as Associate Director. Mr. Napier comes from Denton ISD, where he spent eleven years at Harpool Middle School.
Ryan Napier is a 2011 graduate of Flower Mound High School. During that time, Ryan played under the baton of Todd Berridge and Ann Smith, studied double bass with Dr. Gudrun Raschen, was a part of the inaugural group of the Bass and Cello Conservatory of Dallas. In 2010, he participated in a Rotary Youth Exchange to Helsinki, Finland, which was a very impactful experience on his time concluding high school. He went on to pursue a music education degree at the University of North Texas, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in May of 2015. While at North Texas, he studied double bass under Jeff Bradetich and orchestral excerpts with Brian Perry. He was also a member of the Phi Tau chapter of the professional music fraternity, Mu Phi Epsilon. During his time in the organization, he served on a variety of different committees, sang in the choir, participated in their percussion ensemble, and performed in their jazz band and symphonic band on double bass. He was also a Volunteer Tutor through the UNT Learning Center, where he tutored music theory and math classes to undergraduate students of all majors. In October of 2013, he participated in a faculty-led study abroad trip to Hungary, learning about Hungarian culture and teachings of renowned music pedagogue Zoltan Kodály, and again in October of 2014 to Austria, where they learned about Austrian culture and the music pedagogue Carl Orff. He completed his student teaching in Denton ISD under the direction of Angela Harvey at Crownover Middle School and Hawk & Nelson Elementary schools and under Michelle Hanlon at Guyer High School and McNair Elementary. At Harpool, he served as the Assistant Director for three years before moving to Director of Orchestras where he managed more than 200 students across 5th through 8th grade. His orchestras have a long history of superior ratings and have brought home Best in Class and Most Outstanding in recent years.
As a performer, Mr. Napier has played in the UNT Concert Orchestra, the North Texas Wind Symphony, and the UNT Symphonic Band. He gave a Senior Recital, where he played an unaccompanied bass piece in the style of a Bach Cello Suite, a baroque work accompanied by piano, and a romantic chamber piece accompanied by viola. During his time at UNT, he was a part of three recording sessions with the two wind ensembles (all released by GIA Publications) as well as a worship album by The Loverlies. Since beginning college, Ryan has sought to expand his musical horizons and has played double bass, electric bass, guitar, violin, and cello with a wide variety of groups at venues in the Dallas Metroplex area, Oklahoma, and East Texas.
Mr. Napier is a sought after adjudicator and holds professional membership with Texas Music Educators Association and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society. He was a Teacher of the Year finalist in 2025.
Away from work, he enjoys reading, running, playing clawhammer banjo, and spending time with his wife and their twins.
