Jess Hendricks (b. 1972) is a composer and arranger living the
Miami, Florida area and working towards his D.M.A. in Music Composition
at the University of Miami in Coral Gables. While studying composition
with Dr. Charles W. Smith at Western Kentucky University, he composed
three award winning works: Piano
Sonata No. 1, String Quartet No. 1, and Phase II for Unaccompanied
Clarinet.
All three pieces won the Kentucky Music Teachers National Association
Composition Competition in 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Recent premieres of works include the performances of Celebration
and Chorale for Percussion Ensemble, op. 24
by students at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music in San Juan
during the College Music Society Conference on February 10, 2006,
String
Quartet No. 2, op. 15
by the Araya Quartet at Converse College in Spartanburg, SC during
the Southeastern Composer's League Conference on March 16, 2006,
and performances of the Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Violoncello,
and Piano in Warrensburg, Missouri and the Quartet for
Winds in Greensboro, North Carolina.
On April 24, 1998 the Bassoon Concerto No. 1, op 9, was premiered by Dr. Jefferson Campbell (who also commissioned it) and members of the North Carolina School of the Arts Student Orchestra.
On April 24, 1998 the Bassoon Concerto No. 1, op 9, was premiered by Dr. Jefferson Campbell (who also commissioned it) and members of the North Carolina School of the Arts Student Orchestra.
Other premieres include the Elegy
for Woodwind Quartet,
premiered by the Western Arts Quartet, the Phase II for Unaccompanied
Clarinet, op5, premiered by Todd Kerstetter, and Piano
Sonata No 1, op 3,
premiered by Dr. Janet Bass Smith.
On April 5, 2006 at 8pm in the Univesity of Tennessee Music Hall,
Lunar
Reflections for Vibraphone and Piano
was premiered at a Composition Concert by Charles Brooks on vibes,
and the composer on the piano. There was also a performance of a
new piece for the Old South New Music Ensemble entitled Sat
Gamaya, op. 32.
In 2007, Jess Hendricks completed his Master Degree in Composition
at the University of Tennesee in Knoxville, studying with Dr. Kenneth
Jacobs.
