Ellie Jenkins
Instructor of Horn
D.M.A. Performance , ABD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.M. Performance,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
B.M. Performance,
University of Miami
Office: Humanities 105
Phone: (678) 839-6516
Fax: (678) 839-6259
email: elliejenkins@westga.edu
A native of coastal Georgia, Ellie Jenkins joined the faculty at the University of West Georgia in 2002. She performs regularly with numerous organizations in the north Georgia area, including the Rome and Carroll Symphony Orchestras, the Roman Festival Brass, and the Chamber Players of the South. She has also appeared with the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, and toured Taiwan with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra in 2004. Prior to returning to Georgia, Jenkins lived in Wisconsin for 11 years, where she was an active freelance horn player and teacher, performing with many ensembles, including the Green Bay Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Matrix Brass, and the Northern Lights Chamber Winds. She has served on the faculties of Northern Arizona University, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Jenkins has appeared as a soloist on many occasions, including several performances of Schumann's Konzertstuck , and in Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and Strauss's Concerto No. 1 . This January, she will be one of the featured soloists in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 . Dr. Jenkins received her DMA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and other degrees from the University of Wisonsin-Milwaukee and the University of Miami. Her primary teachers are Douglas Hill, Barry Benjamin, Robert Elworthy, and Maribeth Crawford. Ellie Jenkins has been an active freelance horn player and teacher for over ten years, performing with many orchestras and chamber ensembles in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Georgia. Some of these include the Green Bay Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Dubuque Symphony, Northern Lights Chamber Winds, and the Matrix Brass. She is pursuing her Doctorate at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, where she is a student of Douglas Hill.
Ms. Jenkins taught previously at Northern Arizona University, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Ms. Jenkins currently resides in North Georgia, and performs with the Chamber Players of the South, the Rome Symphony, the Roman Festival Brass, and as a frequent substitute with the Chattanooga Symphony. She is also a member of the Superior Festival Orchestra in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.