Dr. Jerome M. Bierschenk

Assistant Professor
Ann Waggoner Annex - 203
817.531.4217

jbierschenk@txwes.edu

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Dr. Jerome M. Bierschenk has been a music educator in Texas for over 30 years.  After earning a Bachelor degree in Music Education, Dr. Bierschenk started a teaching career in instrumental music education, and was a band director for 20 years.  He taught in the Austin, Birdville and Weatherford school districts, and in Weatherford was the Director of Bands as well as the Coordinator of Music for the district. 

Bierschenk’s interest began to include voice and choral conducting, and after earning a Master of Music Education degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from the University of North Texas, he began his tenure as Artistic Director of the Texas Boys Choir and as the Director of Fine Arts for the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts.

With both extensive experience as a tenor soloist and as a trumpet player, he has performed solo tenor roles with Schola cantorum of Fort Worth, the University of North Texas Choirs, as well as various other groups in the Fort Worth community.  He is currently principal trumpet and trumpet section leader for the Greater Fort Worth Community Band.

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