Carl Collins

Assistant Professor of Music
Director of the Wildcat Marching Band

Degrees:

Bachelor of Music in clarinet performance and music education, University of Iowa (1995)

Master of Arts in Band Conducting, University of Iowa (2005)

At UK since 2008

Phone number: 859-257-2263

Email: carl.collins@uky.edu

Carl Collins is assistant director of bands and director of athletic bands at the University of Kentucky, a position he has held since the fall of 2008. An assistant professor in the School of Music, Mr. Collins directs the 215-member Wildcat Marching Band, conducts the Concert Band, oversees all aspects of the basketball pep bands and teaches Marching Band Techniques. Prior to his appointment at the University of Kentucky, Mr. Collins was the assistant director of bands and director of the Rocket Marching Band at the University of Toledo from 2005-2008.

After receiving the Bachelor of Music degree in clarinet performance and music education from the University of Iowa in 1995, Mr. Collins taught for eight years at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels in the public schools of eastern Iowa. He returned to the University of Iowa in 2003, and completed the Master of Arts degree in band conducting in the spring of 2005. He has studied conducting with Dr. Myron Welch and James Dixon, and clarinet with Dr. Maurita Murphy Mead and Himie Voxman.

Mr. Collins is active as a guest conductor, clinician, music arranger, and marching band drill designer throughout the Midwest. His professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, Kentucky Music Educators Association, and the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, a position he has held since the fall of 2006.