Jeffrey H. Vick has been the Instrumental and General Music Educator at Anderson School since 1993. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from The University of Arizona (1989) and Master of Education in Music degree from Montana State University (1991).
In addition to teaching at Anderson School, he is the Instrumental and General Music Educator at LaMotte School District #43, and Adjunct Instructor of Music (Gamelan Sekar Gunung) at Montana State University-Bozeman, Principal Timpanist and Percussionist with the Bozeman Symphony, Billings Symphony, Intermountain Opera, and Montana Ballet Orchestras, a member of PercOrchestra, Flutes and Friends, and maintains a private studio.
He has appeared as a soloist or guest artist with the Mistral Duo, Cascade String Quartet, Gallatin Woodwind Quintet, Bozeman Symphony, MSU Percussion Ensemble, MSU-Billings Percussion Ensemble, and the MSU Chamber Orchestra. He has served as an adjudicator for the Montana District Four, Five, Six and Nine Music Festivals, the Eastern Half State Music Festival, All-State and All-Northwest Band and Orchestra Auditions, and for Montana State University Applied Lesson Juries. Conference presentations include the Montana Music Educators Conference (1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008), the Montana Chapter of PAS Day of Percussion (2008), and the 1995 International Conference on Percussion Music at The University of Arizona.
He is the recipient of a Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award (1992), and a Phi Delta Kappa Professional Development Grant (1998) for gamelan study/research in Bali, Indonesia. He’s been listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Education, and Who’s Who in the World.
Professional memberships include: the American Federation of Musicians (Bozeman Musicians Association – Local 709), MENC: National Association for Music Education, Montana Music Educators Association, Montana Bandmasters Association, Montana General Music Teachers Association, National Education Association/American Federation of Teachers (NEA/AFT-MEA/MFT), Percussive Arts Society (current Vice-President of the Montana Chapter of PAS, and editor of Montana Percussion News), Phi Delta Kappa and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.