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Dr. Derek Jenkins
Coordinator of Theory and Composition
Director of Music Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Music
Education
D.M.A., Music Composition, University of Missouri-Kansas City
M.M., Musicology, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Grad. Cert., College Teaching, University of Missouri-Kansas City
M.M., Music Composition, Rice University
B.M., Music Composition, University of Missouri-Kansas City
B.M., Music Theory, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Teaching Specialties
Music Composition
Music Theory
Research Interests
Music Composition
Music Composition Pedagogy
History of Orchestration
Wind Band History
The Iowa Band Law
Affiliations
Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society
Music Teachers National Association
Society for Composers, Inc.
American Musicological Society
Society for American Music
College Music Society
National Band Association
Iowa Bandmasters Association
Biography
Derek M. Jenkins is an American composer, whose music has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and Brazil by ensembles and performers including the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra; the Fountain City Brass Band; the Dresdner Bläserphilharmonie; the Czech National Concert Band; the Banda Sinfônica Municipal de Hortolândia; the Seattle Wind Symphony; the U.S. Army Materiel Command Band; university bands and wind ensembles in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin; the Youth Symphony of Kansas City Symphony Orchestra; Free State Brass Band; Diamond Brass Band; Mid America Freedom Band; the Carinthia, Joseph Wytko, and Saxophilia Saxophone Quartets; Ensemble for These Times; Songeaters; Washington Square Winds; saxophonists Randall Hall, Gilbert Sabitzer, Michael Shults, and Joseph Wytko; trombonist Bruce Faske; and honor bands and orchestras around the country.
His music can be heard on the ABLAZE Records, Mark Custom Records, and World of Brass labels, and is available through BrookWright Music, Murphy Music Press, Veritas Musica Publishing, and under his own imprint.
More information can be found at: www.derekmjenkins.com.
Contact Information
P:
(870) 680-8091
djenkins@AState.edu
Office
Building: Fine Arts Center
Room: 204