Gordon Henderson
Professor--Marching Band, Department Vice Chair
office: (310) 206-1084
email: gh@ucla.edu

GORDON HENDERSON is the Associate Director of Bands and Department of Music Vice Chair at UCLA. Professor Henderson directs the 250-member Bruin Marching Band, and the Varsity Band. Under Henderson's direction, the Bruin Marching Band has appeared at five Rose Bowls, two Cotton Bowls, three Sun Bowls, the Las Vegas Bowl, the Aloha Bowl, the Emerald Bowl, and the Fiesta Bowl. In 1993, the UCLA Bruin Marching Band received the prestigious Sudler Trophy, presented each year by the John Philip Sousa Foundation to recognize excellence and innovation. Henderson also teaches music technology courses for Music Education students and D.M.A. Performance students, and in 2004 he taught a Fiat Lux Freshman Seminar on 20th Century Jazz Trumpet Masters.

From 1989 to 1995, Henderson directed the Jazz Ensemble I, performing with numerous guest artists including Roy Hargrove, Bob Mintzer, Kenny Burrell, Conte Candoli, Matt Catingub, Bill Watrous, Steve Houghton, Snooky Young, Gerald Wilson and Paquito D'Rivera. Under his direction, both the Jazz Ensemble I and the Jazz Combo won their respective divisions at the 1995 Reno International Jazz Festival.

Henderson has served as Head Horn Instructor or Brass Arranger for three Drum Corps International Champions: the Santa Clara Vanguard in 1989 and 1999, and the 1992 Cavaliers from Rosemont, Illinois. In 2003 and 2004, he was a member of the brass staff for the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps from Bergenfield, NJ, and since 1990, he has been the Arranger for the Tenrikyo Aimachi Marching Band in Nagoya, Japan, the six-time All-Japan National Champions.

Henderson was an Assistant Director and Drill Designer for the 736-member Olympic All-American College Marching Band that performed at the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. He has composed and/or arranged band music for several major motion pictures including In the Line of Fire, Little Nikita, Fatal Instinct, Legends of the Fall, Don't Say A Word, First Daughter, Road Trip, and Click.

Henderson is active as an arranger, guest conductor, adjudicator, drill designer, and clinician throughout the U.S., Canada, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand.

Dr. Jennifer Judkins
email: jjudkins@ucla.edu

Jennifer Judkins is the Assistant Director of Bands and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Percussion Methods at UCLA. She received her Ph.D. in music in 1987 from UCLA, with a focus in the philosophy of music (musical aesthetics). Dr. Judkins has given papers for the American Musicological Society, the American Society for Aesthetics, the Learned Societies of Canada, and the Performing Arts Medical Association. Recent publications include articles and book reviews for the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, the British Journal of Aesthetics, the Journal of Aesthetic Education, Philosophy and Literature, Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Percussive Notes, and Medical Problems of Performing Artists.

A percussion student of Charles DeLancey and Mitchell Peters, Dr. Judkins served for many years as an extra percussionist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and New Music Group, performing at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Ojai Festival. Her other performing experience includes the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, the Cascade Festival of Music in Oregon, and Disneyland's All-American College Band.