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TAA Faculty

The Academy core faculty consists of twenty nationally recognized professors, academic instructors, and artists assembled from leading, universities, schools, and arts institutions from throughout the United States. A rigorous curriculum, cutting-edge methodology, and a unique philosophical perspective provide world-class instruction, community, and renewal to arts educators from across Tennessee and the nation.

Jamey
 
Simmons
 
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Arranger, composer, trumpeter, and educator Jamey Simmons grew up in Wisconsin, and earned his degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and at the Eastman School of Music. Simmons is currently director of jazz studies at Middle Tennessee State University where he teaches courses in jazz and directs Jazz Ensemble I. Simmons’s published compositions and arrangements are available through Heritage JazzWorks with Lorenz Music, Sierra Music, and Kjos Music Publishing.

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Tennessee Arts Academy • Tennessee Arts Academy Foundation
801 2nd Avenue North  • Suite 100 • Nashville, Tennessee 37201
615-988-6250 • taa@tnartsacademy.org