Jesse Krebs

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B.M.E., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.M., University of North Texas; D.M., Florida State University

Appearing in solo recitals, chamber concerts, and as a concerto soloist, Jesse Krebs has performed throughout the United States and Costa Rica.  He joined the faculty at Truman State University as Assistant Professor of Clarinet in 2005.  In addition to instructing the clarinet studio and directing the Truman Clarinet Choir, he teaches Perspectives in Jazz and Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint.  Before coming to Kirksville, he was the Clarinet Instructor and the Director of Chamber Winds at Bainbridge College in Georgia, and served on the summer faculty for the Cultural American Music Program in the Florida Keys.

Dr. Krebs has been featured as a concerto soloist with the North Carolina and Central Florida Symphony Orchestras, and has performed in the clarinet sections of the Greensboro, Fayetteville, Tallahassee, and Quincy Symphony Orchestras.  In 2002, he was one of three Americans selected as a semifinalist for the International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition and competed in Stockholm, Sweden.  He received a Doctor of Music in clarinet performance from the Florida State University, where he was a graduate teaching assistant and played under the baton of guest conductors Krzysztof Penderecki and Bobby McFerrin.  He received a Master of Music from the University of North Texas and Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he won the university’s concerto competition in 1999.  His clarinet teachers include Frank Kowalsky, James Gillespie, Kelly Burke and Curtis Craver.  

In 2008, Dr. Krebs performed on a recital at the International Clarinet Association Conference (ClarinetFest) in Kansas City, MO, and he presented a lecture on the clarinet soloists of the John Philip Sousa Band at the 2006 ClarinetFest in Atlanta, GA.  He has published articles in The Clarinet journal, The Instrumentalist magazine, and the Missouri School Music magazine, and has written music reviews for the NACWPI journal.  He can be heard on recordings with the North Texas Wind Symphony (Klavier label, 2002-2003).  He has given guest artist recitals and master classes at the University of Costa Rica, the Illinois State University, the University of Central Arkansas, and Ouachita Baptist University.  Recently, he presented a clinic on teaching clarinet at the 2009 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference, and he was awarded a 2009 Faculty Summer Research Grant from the Truman College of Arts and Sciences to premiere Sensing Angels, a new piece for clarinet and electronics by composer Charles Gran. 

The accomplishments of his clarinet students include receiving a Fulbright Grant to teach in Spain, attending the Tanglewood, Brevard, and Aspen summer music festivals, winning the Truman concerto competition, presenting at the 2009 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, and receiving graduate acceptance into some of the most prestigious music programs in the country.  In 2007, Dr. Krebs was nominated for the Truman State University Educator of the Year Award.  He has been named an Honorary Member of the Tau Beta Sigma and Phi Mu Alpha National Music Fraternities, holds membership in the Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda National Honor Societies, and serves on the Advisory Board for the Vivre Musicale chamber music society. 

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