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Welcome! My name is James Jensen, a professional educator in Denver, Colorado. For the past five years, I have taught Instrumental Music in an urban comprehensive high school. My experiences include teaching Band, Orchestra, Choir, Guitar, Music Appreciation. I love working with students to help them achieve their goals and achieve their highest potential.
On the last day of school last year, I skipped out a bit early. I said goodbye to my dutiful orchestra students and headed west into the foothills above Denver. Just outside of town is one of my favorite places in the world, Redrocks Ampitheater. The awesome choir I sing with was invited to join the Colorado Symphony Chorus and the Colorado Symphony onstage with the Flaming Lips to perform their album The Soft Bulletin.
It was incredible to be a part of a genre-bending collaboration that culminated in a beautiful concert in front of 9,000 screaming fans nestled between the 3 giant red slabs reaching toward the peaks. The lights of Denver spread out behind us, Wayne Coyne pulled on a giant lighted helmet that connected to hundreds of feet of LED roping that reached out into the crowd.
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