Volunteers and Staff
Our Music Director—Kim Collins
KIM COLLINS comes from a musical family and grew up playing guitar, trombone and
singing barbershop harmony with his family. Active in choirs, Top 40 bands and musical
theatre throughout high school, he made jazz ensemble singing & arranging his
emphasis starting in college, receiving a degree in music theory & composition
from the University of Kansas in 1978.
Kim has arranged and composed for numerous vocal groups both professional and amateur,
and for his own ensembles at Santa Barbara City College where
he is an instructor of vocal and instrumental jazz. He is also a long time member of the International
Association of Jazz Education (IAJE).
Kim has vocal arrangements published
by UNC Jazz Press, and is also active on the
local music scene as a performer of both
bass and voice, composer, arranger, recording session
player and singer, voice-over artist, teacher, clinician, consultant and church
music director.
With his wife Debbie Denke (www.debbiedenke.i8.com) Kim has performed on numerous
jazz recordings, both commercial & instructional.
Kim is currently the director of VocalPoint, a 12-voice select ensemble that performs
both public concerts and educational programs for southern California schools. He
is also a team member and co-creator of the Santa Barbara Vocal Jazz Foundation
(SBVJF) intensive education programs that benefit school age children. Kim lives
in Santa Barbara, Ca. with his wife Debbie Denke, a jazz pianist, author & teacher,
and their two daughters, Melody & Madeline.
Contact: Kim Collins 2520 Cliff Dr.
Santa Barbara, Ca. 93109
805-965-2352
wingspan10@aol.com
Board Members and Staff
| President: | Sarah Kass |
| Vice President: | Gary Unruh |
| Chief Financial Officer: | Lee Neuenschwander |
| Secretary: | Cindy Delster-Reiber |
| Music Director: | Kim Collins |
| Assoc. Music Director: | Ejé Lynn-Jacobs |
| Assoc. Music Director: | Sharlae Jenkins |
| Development Director: | Melissa Brooks |
Advisory Council
Peter Clark Hal Conklin Bonnie Corman Patrick Davis David Edelman
Renee Grubb Pam Herzog Roger Horton Kathryn Ish-Stahl Ike Jenkins
Aaron Levin Tom Reed Stanley Weinstein
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