Jerry Junkin

As the longtime conductor of the Dallas Winds and as a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin, Jerry Junkin is one of the most prominent American wind ensemble conductors. More unusually for the American wind orchestra genre, his success has extended to international venues and to major conducting positions abroad. Junkin was born in Victoria, in south Texas, in 1956. His father was the band director at Victoria High School, and when the younger Junkin attended college at the University of Texas in Austin, he became heavily involved with the school's bands and w...