Jess Hendricks (b. 1972) is an award-winning composer currently living in South Miami, Florida, who has had performances of his works throughout the United States including recent performances in 2010 of the Concertino for Bassoon and Electronic Playback, op. 58 in Miami, San Francisco, Duluth, and Winston-Salem. This work was commissioned and performed by Dr. Jefferson Campbell with funds from the McKnight Foundation's Imagine Grant.
The Miami Guitar trio performed the Passacaglia, op. 57a on April 5, 2010, on a concert that featured several other original pieces for the ensemble by area composers. There were several other performances of works by Jess Hendricks in 2010 including electronic music and pieces for the Miami Youth Orchestra.
On April 5, 2006, in the University of Tennessee Music Hall, Lunar Reflections, op. 33 for Vibraphone and Piano was premiered at a Composition Concert by Dr. Charles Brooks on vibes, and the composer on the piano. That year, there was also a performance of a new piece for the Old South New Music Ensemble entitled Sat Gamaya, op. 32.
Jess Hendricks has received several performances at conferences sponsored by the College Music Society, the Society of Composers, Inc., and the Southeastern Composers' League. These include the premiere 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, and the String Quartet No. 2, op. 15 played by the Araya Quartet at Converse College in Spartanburg, SC during the Southeastern Composer's League Conference on March 16, 2006.
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
In 2007, Jess Hendricks completed his Master Degree in Composition at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, studying with Dr. Kenneth Jacobs. He completed his D.M.A. in composition at the University of Miami in 2010 where he studied with Dr. Dennis Kam, Dr. Lansing McLoskey, Dr. John Stewart, and Dr. Ferdinando DeSena. 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.
