derekmjenkins Derek Jenkins Jonesboro, AR Derek M. Jenkins (b. 1986, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is an American composer and educator. His music has been performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Canada. In 2022, Jenkins won first prize in the Dresdner Bläserphilharmonie's Winds Composition Contest Saxony I Edition with his composition, "We Seven", and his piece "Rock Bottom" won first place in the 3rd Annual International WASBE Composition Contest. "We Seven" also won the 2016 American Prize in Composition and in 2012, his piece, "Eosphorus: The Morning Star," was selected as a winner of the National Band Association's Young Composer Mentor Project.enkins has received recognition from MMTA/MTNA, MACRO, UMKC, ASCAP, the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation, and at conferences and festivals across the U.S. and abroad. Jenkins serves as Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Arkansas State University and holds degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (DMA Composition, MM Musicology, 2017; BM Composition, BM Theory, 2010) and Rice University (MM Composition, 2013). Additionally, he received further instruction at the Kärntner Landeskonservatorium and the Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt. Jenkins is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society; the National Band Association; the College Music Society; Society for American Music; Society of Composers, Inc.; and ASCAP. His music is available through BrookWright Music, Murphy Music Press, Veritas Musica Publishing and under his own imprint, Mühltal Musikpresse. In his spare time, Jenkins is an amateur scuba diver and daydreams of becoming an astronaut. More information can be found at: www.derekmjenkins.com derekmjenkins’s tracks "Remnants" for trombone and piano by derekmjenkins published on 2022-10-31T12:45:25Z "These Are Enough" for SATB chorus and viola by derekmjenkins published on 2021-10-28T14:34:57Z "Solar Flare" for concert band by derekmjenkins published on 2020-04-07T20:47:08Z "Rock Bottom" for wind ensemble by derekmjenkins published on 2020-02-22T20:37:10Z "Unfinished List of the Things I Love" for mezzo-soprano and piano by derekmjenkins published on 2017-03-18T23:13:18Z Audience Participation [excerpt] by derekmjenkins published on 2016-08-27T17:29:52Z over the tolling of church bells by derekmjenkins published on 2016-08-27T15:10:04Z "Blue Marble: A Symphony for Wind Ensemble" by derekmjenkins published on 2016-07-07T13:18:55Z "We Seven" for brass band by derekmjenkins published on 2015-05-28T20:02:41Z "Kolo" for concert band by derekmjenkins published on 2015-05-07T02:32:15Z
"Unfinished List of the Things I Love" for mezzo-soprano and piano by derekmjenkins published on 2017-03-18T23:13:18Z
