"Joshua Jenkins is the Director of Bands at Ramsey High School in Ramsey, New Jersey where he has been since 2020. His responsibilities at Ramsey High School include directing the Ramsey High School Wind Ensemble, the Ramsey ""Big Blue"" Band and Guard, and teaching instrumental lessons for grades 9-12. Previously, he was the assistant band director in the Vernon Township school district in Vernon, NJ and the band director at Brooklawn Middle School in Parsippany, NJ. JJ has a Bachelors in Music Education from Ithaca College where he studied French horn with Professor Alexander Shuhan. Currently, JJ is pursuing his Masters degree at Montclair State University in Wind Conducting where he studies with Dr. Thomas McCauley.
JJ attributes much of his musical success to the marching arts. He has been the mellophone technician at the Sacramento Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps since the 2022 season. Currently, he is the Brass Caption Head of the Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps from Hawthorne, New Jersey which competes in the DCI ALl-Age class. JJ was a marching member of the Caballeros from 2008-2012 where he marched mellophone. In 2013, he went on to march with the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle corps and aged out with Crown in 2014. After aging out of Crown, JJ returned to the Caballeros as a drum major, mellophone tech, and then went on to become brass caption head in 2019.
JJ's professional affiliations include the MEBCI (Music Educators of Bergen County Inc.), the New Jersey Music Educators Association, and the National Association for Music Education. He is an active performer and has performed with the New Jersey Wind Symphony and is currently a member of the Sussex County Brass Quintet. JJ is looking forward to another great year with the Dragon Brass!"