Director

Dr. Jocelyn Kaye Jensen was appointed Director for The Las Vegas Master Singers in 2002, bringing outstanding credentials to the organization. Dr. Jensen has taught in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Music since 1992. She conducts the UNLV Women's Chorus, which she founded in 1992. She has also co-directed the University Concert Singers and currently teaches courses in harmony, sight-singing, and ear training.

Dr. Jocelyn Kaye Jensen

Previous to her association with UNLV, Dr. Jensen taught choral music in the Clark County School District for 33 years. Choirs under Dr. Jensen's direction have received numerous awards, including honors at many prestigious festivals throughout the United States. The Eldorado High School Mixed Choir earned national recognition for their 1988 performance in Lincoln Center and for their debut concert at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Jensen was the first recipient of the "Outstanding Music Educator of the Year" awarded by the Nevada Music Educators Association in 1989.

Dr. Jensen received a B.A. degree in Secondary Education with an Arts emphasis and a Master's Degree in Music Education from the University of Nevada, Reno. She earned a Master of Music Degree in Music Education from Utah State University and a Doctorate in Post
Post-Secondary Education with an emphasis in Fine Arts from UNLV. Her studies in conducting include extensive work with renowned conductor and composer Frank Pooler.

Dr. Jensen has been the guest conductor for numerous honor choirs in Nevada, California and Utah, and in 2002 she conducted the New Mexico All-State Women's Choir. In 2002, she conducted the first Clark County School District Women's Honor Choir.
In March 2002, Dr. Jensen served on the prestigious team of adjudicators for the Heritage Festival of Gold Invitational Choral Festival, sharing the stage with Dr. Andre Thomas of Florida State University, Dr. Anton Armstrong of St. Olaf University, Dr. David Stocker of Arizona State University, and Dr. Gene Brooks, national executive director of the American Choral Directors Association. This performance took place in the Riverside Church in New York City and featured top high school choirs from throughout the United States.

Dr. Jensen was recognized as the UNLV Music Department's "Outstanding Adjunct Faculty of the Year" in 2002, and she was chosen as one of the five outstanding UNLV part-time faculty members for the 2002-2003 academic year.
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