Vince Kenney

Dr. Vince Kenney currently serves as Assistant Director of Bands/Associate Professor of Low Brass at Drake University in Des Moines, IA, where he directs low brass studies and conducts the Drake University Symphonic Band, Marching Band, and “Bulldog Brass” Pep Band.

As a soloist, chamber musician, and clinician, Vince has been invited to present guest artist recitals, clinics, and lectures, at dozens of the finest universities and music conferences throughout the United States, including the Midwest Clinic, the Texas Music Educators Association All-State Conference (TMEA), the United States Army Band Tuba/Euphonium Workshop, the International Tuba/Euphonium Conference, the South Central, Midwest, and South East regional ITEA conferences, the Iowa Bandmasters Association, the Eastman School of Music, and many others. Dr. Kenney is a contributing author to the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band Series published by GIA, and is the owner of VOCE Custom Recording, which specializes in educational and professional recording projects for wind bands of all levels.

As a member of the North Texas Euphonium Quartet, Vince has helped to establish the euphonium quartet as a viable chamber medium through performances, commissions, premieres, and educational outreach. To date, the group has aided in creating over 100 new works for euphonium quartet along with a host of new arrangements. The group released their first album “Machines” in 2019.

In 2020, Dr. Kenney was appointed music director and conductor of the Des Moines Metro Concert Band, Iowa’s only professional concert band. The group presents an annual Summer concert series “Music Under the Stars – Iowa” on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol. Vince is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, The Iowa Bandmasters Association, and the International Tuba Euphonium Association. He received undergraduate degrees in Music Education and Performance from the University of Illinois, and Masters and Doctoral degrees in Euphonium Performance from the University of North Texas, under the tutelage of Dr. Brian Bowman. Dr. Kenney is a Willson performing artist, playing exclusively on the Willson 2900-TA euphonium.