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Clinicians: JAMIE SIMMONS
West Bend, Wisconsin native, Jamey Simmons, earned his
bachelor of music and teaching certification at the University of
Wisconsin - Eau Claire under the guidance of Robert Baca. In May of
2002 he earned his Master of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Media at the
Eastman School of Music where he was awarded the Schirmer Award for Jazz
Composition.
As a jazz trumpet player, Simmons has toured with the Glenn Miller
Orchestra across the United States, South America, and Japan. He has
seen a wide variety of other performance settings including a stint at a
four star hotel in New Hampshire and musical run aboard the cruise ship,
S/S Norway. Simmons has made appearances with artists as diversified
as the Hornheads, the Temptations, Dave Weckl, Buddy DeFranco, the Jimmy
Dorsey Orchestra, New York Voices, and the JazzMn Big Band out of
Minneapolis.
He has been twice awarded the Best Arranger Award by Downbeat
Magazine for the years 2001 and 2002. Simmons wrote arrangements and
compositions that have been performed by the Rochester Chamber Orchestra,
the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra,
and the Cedar Avenue Big Band. Currently he is the top selling
writer/arranger for Increase Music Publishers of St. Paul, MN.
Jamey enjoys spending time with his wife P.J. and two young children.
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