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Saxophonist Kevin McNerney received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Education (Jazz Studies emphasis) degrees from the University of North Texas, where he directed the Six and Nine O'Clock Lab Bands and served as a Teaching Fellow in applied saxophone (and also spent many years as a morning DJ at KNTU-FM 88.1). Kevin currently serves as Associate Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at Collin College in Plano, Texas, where he is the director of the Jazz Lab Band, Jazz Combo PM, and the Basketball Pep Band, and also teaches applied saxophone. He was named Outstanding Adjunct Professor of the Year at Collin in 2023.
Kevin has performed with Clark Terry, Bob Mintzer, Phil Woods, Peter Erskine, Randy Brecker, The O'Jays, Kevin Mahogany, Wayne Bergeron, Andy Martin, Kim Richmond, Clay Jenkins, Denis DiBlasio, Bobby Shew, Mike Vax, Tom "Bones" Malone, and Frank Mantooth, as well as the Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards, the Duke Ellington Small Band featuring Barrie Lee Hall, Jr., the Brad Leali/Shelley Carrol Big Band, the Dallas Jazz Orchestra, the Dallas Wind Symphony and the symphony orchestras of Plano, Garland, Mesquite and Irving, Texas. Kevin has been on the faculty of the Texas All-Star Jazz Camp since 1999; he appears on their CD All of Us, released in 2004 on Sea Breeze Records. He may also be heard on three recordings by the Metroplexity Big Band, one by the Gospel Train Big Band, and two by the Dallas Wind Symphony (now Dallas Winds). Kevin is the regular saxophonist for the worship band at Northwest Bible Church in Dallas (where he previously held the position of Orchestra Coordinator), and he also serves as Governor of Province 32 for Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a national music fraternity. Kevin maintains a private saxophone studio at six secondary schools in the Garland Independent School District in Garland, Sachse, and Rowlett, Texas, as well as a home studio and a virtual online studio upon request. He is active as a freelance performer, adjudicator and clinician in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. A list of his upcoming performances may be found here. |