Jerry Junkin
As the longtime conductor of the Dallas Winds and as a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin, Jerry Junkin is one of the most prominent American wind ensemble conductors. More unusually for the American wind orchestra genre, his success has extended to international venues and to major conducting positions abroad.
Junkin was born in Victoria, in south Texas, in 1956. His father was the band director at Victoria High School, and when the younger Junkin attended college at the University of Texas in Austin, he became heavily involved with the school's bands and was named Assistant Director of Bands there immediately after graduating in 1978. He went on to positions at the University of South Florida and the University of Michigan, maintaining ties with the latter state through summer conducting and teaching work at the Interlochen Arts Academy in later years. In 1988, he joined the faculty of the University of Texas as a professor and conductor of the school's wind ensemble, and he was later named head of the music school's conducting division. He teaches conducting and wind band literature. He led the UT Wind Ensemble on international tours in 1992 and 2008 and has made two appearances with the group at Carnegie Hall in New York. Junkin has recorded with both the UT Wind Ensemble and with the Dallas Winds, of which he became conductor and artistic director in 1993. Two years later, he made his recording debut with the UT Wind Ensemble, Arnold for Band, on the Reference Recordings label, and he has continued to record for that label.
Since 2003, Junkin has been conductor and music director of the Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia, and he served as principal guest conductor of Japan's Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Wind Ensemble. He has also held several ongoing guest conductorships in East Asia. Often championing contemporary music and performing world premieres and little-known works, including the world premiere of John Corigliano's Symphony No. 3 ("Circus Maximus") at Carnegie Hall, Junkin earned the Grainger Medallion of the International Percy Grainger Society in 2005 for his promotion of Grainger's works. He has won major prizes in the U.S. wind ensemble and band circles. In 2018, he released John Williams at the Movies with the Dallas Winds and trumpeter Christopher Martin. In 2022, Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble released the album Migration; by that time, Junkin's recording catalog included some 15 items.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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John Williams at the Movies
Dallas Winds, Christopher Martin, Jerry Junkin
Cinema Music - Released by Reference Recordings on Jul 6, 2018
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Horns for the Holidays
Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin
Christmas Music - Released by Reference Recordings on Oct 2, 2012
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Wine Dark Sea
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Nathan Williams, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Reference Recordings on Mar 11, 2016
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger - Traditional)
Classical - Released by Reference Recordings CD on Jan 5, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Migration
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin, Jonathan Gunn
Classical - Released by Reference Recordings on Aug 5, 2022
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Dallas Wind Symphony Sampler
Dallas Wind Symphony, Howard Dunn, Frederick Fennell, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Reference Recordings on Jul 14, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Crown Imperial (Richard Strauss - John Levick - Warren Shaffer)
Classical - Released by Reference Recordings CD on Nov 13, 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
2018 Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA): The University of Texas Wind Ensemble [Live]
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Stephen Page, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Mark Records on Aug 3, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shadow of Sirius
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Marianne Gedigian, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Naxos on Oct 2, 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Redshift
Brian Shaw, Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Klavier on Sep 9, 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Starry Crown
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Longhorn Music on Sep 24, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Emerging and Celebrated Repertoire for Solo Saxophone and Symphonic Band, Vol. 3: La Linge, la Sonorite (A Tribute to Marcel Mule)
Harvey Pittel, University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Mark Records on Nov 1, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Texas Music Educators Association 2006 Clinic and Convention
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Richard MacDowell, University of Texas Chamber Singers, male section, Jerry Junkin, University of Texas Concert Chorale
Classical - Released by Mark Records on Jun 7, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
2010 Texas Music Educators Association: University of Texas Wind Ensemble
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Billy Hunter, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Mark Records on Jun 7, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The University of Texas Wind Ensemble
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Eddie Daniels, Jerry Junkin, Fred Junkin
Classical - Released by Mark Records on Jan 1, 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Emerging and Celebrated Repertoire for Solo Saxophone and Symphonic Band, Vol. 2: Harvey Pittel with The University of Texas Wind Ensemble
Harvey Pittel, University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Mark Records on Nov 1, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
2012 Midwest Clinic: Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Blue Tie Wind Ensemble
Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Wind Ensemble, Joseph Alessi, Masato Ikegami, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Mark Records on May 7, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
2017 Midwest Clinic: Cedar Park Winds Community Band (Live)
Cedar Park Winds Community Band, Christopher Yee, Manuel San Luis, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Mark Records on May 11, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
2005 WASBE Singapore: Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia
Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia, Jerry Junkin
Classical - Released by Mark Records on Jul 3, 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo