Jeff Reynolds

Jeff Reynolds

Associate Professor Emeritus, Teaching Stream, Trumpet

Brass
Conducting
Music Education

Education

  • PhD, University of Toronto
  • MA, University of Toronto
  • MMus, University of Victoria
  • BMus, University of Calgary
  • BA, York University

Biography

Jeff Reynolds is an Associate Professor, teaching stream in Trumpet and Conducting. He served for 5 years as Co-ordinator of the Performance Division and Faculty Advisor for the Advanced Certificate programme. Over his 30 plus years at the Faculty of Music he has taught undergraduate courses in instrumental education, chamber music, jazz education and jazz history, and conducting the Wind Symphony for the past 20 years. He maintains a trumpet studio and has appeared as a trumpet player with various orchestras and chamber ensembles, and as a soloist. He has been a member of the Victoria Symphony, the Calgary Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and the Hamilton Philharmonic. His trumpet studies were with Arnold Jacobs, Vincent Cichovicz, Boyd Hood and Ward Cole. Dr. Reynolds adjudicates at festivals across Canada, appears as a guest conductor and clinician and for many years was the instructor of trumpet at the National Music Camp of Canada. Recent publications include a pedagogy book in the Dummies series, Trumpet for Dummies, and The Royal Conservatory Repertoire Series for Trumpet, which he co-edited with Dr. Gillian MacKay. His articles appear in such journals as Canadian Winds, The Recorder, and the Journal of Aesthetic Education. After degrees in philosophy and music he received his doctorate from the University of Toronto in the philosophy of music education, with a focus on creativity in performance and pedagogy.