Lynnel Joy Jenkins

Clinician, Children's Choir

 

Lynnel Joy Jenkins is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.  In her capacity as graduate assistant, Ms. Jenkins teaches undergraduate music education courses including choral methods for the Music Education Department at the University of Arizona.  Additionally, she conducts the University of Arizona Outreach Choir, a premier auditioned group composed of Tucson area high school students. Prior to her doctoral studies, Ms. Jenkins served as Assistant Professor of Music Education at the Westminster Choir College of Rider University and Conductor of the Resident Training Choir at the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey.  At Westminster, she has presented numerous seminars on techniques for children's choirs in the Continuing Education program and Summer Session and at the Boychoir annually toured the Mid-Atlantic region with the Resident Training Choir.  A former music specialist at the Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania, she developed and implemented a general music program for elementary school children based on the pedagogy of Zoltan Kodaly.   She was on the conducting staff of the Temple University Children's Choir where she served for three seasons.   In her last year, she was the Associate Music Director of that ensemble.

 

Ms. Jenkins is a music educator and choral conductor of international stature, having lectured and conducted in Hong Kong, South Africa and Iceland.  Ms. Jenkins has served as guest conductor for numerous choral festivals in the United States including the 2007 Connecticut American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Middle School Honor Choir and 2006 National Children's Choir of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators.  She is on the conducting faculty for the Virginia Organization of Kodaly Children's Choral Camp held on the campus of James Madison University.  Additionally, she is a clinician for numerous professional music conferences and has held positions in the ACDA organization including the Boychoir Repertoire and Standards Chair for ACDA's Eastern Division

 

Ms. Jenkins has earned degrees from Westminster Choir College of Rider University and Temple University, and at both institutions was awarded the Elaine Brown Conducting Award.  She holds a certificate in Kodaly pedagogy from Westminster Choir College and level two Orff-Schulwerk certification.