Jess Hendricks (1972) is a composer of electroacoustic, chamber, and orchestral music based in New England. His works have been performed all over the United States including Miami, Florida; San Francisco, California; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Hendricks received his D.M.A. in Music Composition from the University of Miami in Coral Gables where he studied under Dennis Kam and Lansing McLoskey. He also received a Master Degree from the University of Tennessee where he studied composition with Ken Jacobs and his BA at Western Kentucky University while studying with Charles W. Smith.
Past career highlights include receiving a commission for a new work by bassoonist Dr. Jefferson Campbell with funds from the McKnight Foundation’s Imagine Grant. The resulting piece, Concertino for Bassoon and Electric Playback, was performed by Dr. Campbell subsequently in several different cities in 2010. In 2006 the Quartet for Winds op. 7, was a winner in the Philip Slates Composition Competition and received a performance the following year in Greensboro, NC.
Jess Hendricks is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Technology at Central Connecticut State University.
