Biography

Jesse Dochnahl teaches band and music technology at Big Sky High School in Missoula, Montana.  An active chamber musician, clinician, and conductor, he has worked with young musicians across Montana, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Prior to his appointment at Big Sky, Jesse taught  instrumental music at C.S. Porter Middle School (2013-2016) and Sheboygan Falls (WI) High School (2007-2010).  In the 2012-13 academic year, he served as Instructor of Saxophone and Freshman Studies at Lawrence University. He was awarded First Prize in the MTNA Woodwind Young Artist (2005) and Chamber Music (2012) National Competitions, and was the winner of the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. He has performed as concert soloist with the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra and the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra and in recitals at the NASA 2012 National Conference, SEAMUS 2012 National Conference, 13th World Saxophone Congress, the 2005 & 2012 MTNA National Conferences, and the U.S. Navy International Saxophone Symposium. Jesse has performed with Sinfonia da Camera Chamber Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, Green Bay Civic Orchestra, Sheboygan Symphony, Missoula Symphony, and Helena Symphony.  A staunch advocate of new music, Jesse has presented world premieres of music by Ming-Ching Chiu, Andrew Seager Cole, Joanne Metcalf, Asha Srinivasan, Scott Unrein, and Stephen Wood, among others. Jesse earned his Master of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he studied with Debra Richtmeyer and holds degrees in music education and saxophone performance from Lawrence University where he studied saxophone with Steven Jordheim.  Jesse also worked ten seasons as a trails technician with the Forest Service near Ennis, MT, his hometown.

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