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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="15df0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="15e203c0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Arial" ><B>John W. Jinright, Ph.D.</B></FONT><B>      |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John W. 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Jinright, Ph.D.</div> <div> Troy University</div> <div> J.M. Long School of Music</div> <div> Smith Hall 107</div> <div> Troy, AL 36082</div> <bR> <div> 334 670 3593</div> <div> jjinrig@troy.edu</div> <bR> <div> Comments?</div> <bR> <div>  <form action="http://formmail.trellix.com/servlets/TlxMailer" method="POST" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_SortOrder" value="Name,Email,City,Comments"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_FormIndex" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_OKMessage" value="Thank you for your comments on my web site."><input type="hidden" name="tlx_SendMode" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_Subject" value="A comment form was submitted"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_EmailTo" value="jjinrig@troy.edu"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="left">Name:<br> <input type="text" name="Name" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Email:<br> <input type="text" name="Email" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">City:<br> <input type="text" name="City" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Comments:<br> <textarea name="Comments" rows="5" cols="30"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"><input type="reset"> <input type="submit" value="Send" name="tlx_send"></td> </tr> </table> </form>  </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="173f0f03.jpg"> <div> <B>Bio  </B>   </div> <bR> <div>  A native Trojan, John Jinright graduated with honors from B-SC in 1984 with a music/business degree and spent the next 6 years working in the music industry.  Along the way, he was a buyer for Nuncies, started a music store (Bandstand, Inc)  in Birmingham, played vibes in a Dixieland band (Jack Marshall and the Alabama Dixiecats), and piano in a big band (Tony Marino and The Checkmates) plus filled in on percussion with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.  He moved to Montgomery when Bandstand Inc. closed and worked with Jim Darby at Capitol Music developing a new sales territory.  </div> <bR> <div>       Through his travels to and interactions with students and teachers in music education classrooms throughout central Alabama, he felt called to the teaching profession.   He left the music industry and began working on a master's degree in music education at TROY.  He started teaching in 1992 at Troy and began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Alabama, but found Auburn to be a better fit philosophically and geographically.</div> <bR> <div>       It took him ten years to finish his degree, partly because of his teaching overloads at TROY and his growing distaste for multiple regression techniques.  He was promoted to assistant professor of music when he earned his Ph.D. in 2003.  His insistence on the viability of a music business program at TROY began the development of  the new general music/music industry track to satisfy requirements brought about by the "No Child Left Behind" Act.  He promptly began his Protools training leading to his Operator's certification and subsequently a Digidesign educational partnership with Troy University.  In 2008 he gained the rank of associate professor.</div> <bR> <div>      At Troy, he teaches music theory, applied oboe and bassoon, audio production, and serves as an accompanist.  He is a veteran accompanist of many musical theatre productions and served as musical director/accompanist of recent Troy University Theatre productions of Robber Bridegroom, <A HREF="http://www.troytheatre.org/productions/index.asp#0607" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.troytheatre.org/productions/i"><U>Forever Plaid, and Nunsense.</U></A> John is married to Penny and has two wonderful daughters;  Tessa and Jessica.  A Presbyterian convert to<A HREF="http://stmarkstroy.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://stmarkstroy.org"><U> Anglicanism</U></A>, he is presently on loan to St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church of Troy, where he serves as organist.  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.troytheatre.org/productions/robber.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.troytheatre.org/productions/r"><U><IMG SRC="0e6b2b40.jpg" border=0 width="178" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I>Featured Musical Performance;</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Stormworks; Chapter 1 PRIME: A WISH to the World</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://spectrum.troy.edu/~jinright/bin/mellilo.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spectrum.troy.edu/~jinright/bin/m"><U><I><IMG SRC="0c8fa530.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="83" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://spectrum.troy.edu/~jinright/bin/mellilo.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spectrum.troy.edu/~jinright/bin/m"><U><I>Stephen Melillo, Composer, "Heart of the Hero,"  </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://spectrum.troy.edu/~jinright/bin/mellilo.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spectrum.troy.edu/~jinright/bin/m"><U><I>Troy University Symphony Band, with Dr. John Jinright, Piano  </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://spectrum.troy.edu/~jinright/bin/mellilo.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spectrum.troy.edu/~jinright/bin/m"><U><B>(Sample)</B></U></A></div> <div>       "Across the suite <B>A Wish to the World</B>, we have paid tribute to unsung heroes, described situations a hero  must face, and told a story about the not-too-distant past... and future. In <B>Heart of the Hero</B>, we discover that quiet and relentless song, that quality which is forever held in the Heart of such an individual. Innocent, perhaps humorous, the Hero faces adversity often... but in the Hero's heart, a courageous theme plays without bound. The Hero prevails. " (composer Stephen Melillo, <A HREF="http://www.stormworld.com/music/cd/aknightscd.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stormworld.com/music/cd/aknig"><U>homepage</U></A>)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0e8faa70.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="167" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>