Union City, Tenn.–The Union City High School band has announced the hiring of Jerry Emmons as Percussion Specialist for the Union City Schools.
He has a holistic view of percussion: both he and his students are versed in every corner of the percussion world, including chamber music, orchestral percussion, marching percussion, solo percussion, world percussion, and jazz.
Jerry completed his master’s degree in music at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH, and his bachelor’s degree in music at the University of Tennessee at Martin in Martin, TN. In addition to the numerous ensembles at BGSU and UT Martin, Jerry has performed with Gateway Indoor Percussion, the Memphis Repertory Orchestra, the Adrian Symphony, the Jackson Symphony, N/A Ensemble, the Paducah Symphony, and the Toledo Symphony. Jerry has also been active in the rock, blues, folk, and jazz communities in northwest TN, southwest KY, and northwest OH, playing drum set and auxiliary percussion.
Jerry is an active music educator, and has been active in the West TN band community since 2012. In addition to being the Percussion Instructor at Union City High School, Jerry is an Adjunct Lecturer of Music and the Percussion Coordinator of the Aviators Marching Band at the University of Tennessee at Martin, as well as an active private lessons instructor.
Jerry currently lives in Union City, TN, with his wife Lizzie, his dogs Rue and Frankie, and his cat Rimsky.