Jeff King
Jeff King is currently the Director of Fine Arts and Enrichment for the Irving Independent School District where he oversees band, choir, orchestra, mariachi, elementary music, theater arts, visual arts, dance, cheerleading, physical education and health.
Prior to this position, Mr. King was a Texas band director for 31 years. His last 26 years were in the Duncanville Independent School District. Mr. King was the Director of Bands for the Duncanville ISD for 5 years where he oversaw the instrumental program for the district and conducted the Wind Ensemble. Mr. King has had the privilege of teaching at all levels of band in the Duncanville School District. In 2008, Mr. King was co-conductor of the Wind Ensemble, which was selected as the State Honor Band for 5A high school bands. While teaching at the middle school level, Mr. King’s bands advanced to the Texas Honor Band finals four times. Mr. King’s concert bands have achieved superior ratings in concert and sight-reading for the past 28 years. Prior to teaching in Duncanville, he taught in the Irving ISD (Irving HS & Sam Houston MS) and Dallas ISD (Skyline HS).
Mr. King has co-authored a band warm-up and technique book entitled Foundations for Superior Performance and The Complete Instrument Reference Guide for Band Directors. These texts are widely used throughout North America, Australia, Japan and China.
He has presented workshops in over 25 states, as well as, Australia and Canada. In 2007, Mr. King was the Chief Adjudicator for the Melbourne Band Festival held in Melbourne, Australia. In the summer of 2011, Mr. King traveled to China to present clinics to band directors and students across the country.
Jeff King earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baldwin-Wallace College, studying trumpet with James Darling (Cleveland Orchestra) and Mary Squire (Cleveland Chamber Orchestra). He earned a Masters in Trumpet Performance degree, studying with Thomas Booth (Dallas Symphony Orchestra), from Southern Methodist University.
His professional affiliations include the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, Texas Music Administrators Conference, Texas Art Education Association, Texas Dance Educators Association, Texas Educational Theatre Association, Texas Theatre Administrators Conference, National Association for Music Educators, National Band Association, and the honorary music fraternity Phi Beta Mu.
