Today’s video blog comes from Derek Jenkins, a composer based in Kansas City, MO. Derek recently finished his masters degree and is embarking on a number of composition projects this year. In his first vlog, Derek talks a bit about his background and then explains why he thinks our professional (and to some degree personal) networks are perhaps the most important asset of a musician. Check out his first vlog post here!
Steve Danyew is a composer, saxophonist, teacher, and arts administrator based in Rochester, NY. Danyew composes works for chamber ensembles, large instrumental ensembles, choirs and more, and currently serves as Managing Editor of Polyphonic.org. His music has been hailed as “startlingly beautiful” and “undeniably well crafted and communicative” by the Miami Herald, and has been praised as possessing “sensitivity, skill and tremendous sophistication” by the Kansas City Independent. Steve received a B.M. cum laude, Pi Kappa Lambda from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and holds an M.M. in Composition and Certificate in Arts Leadership from the Eastman School of Music.