Staff Sergeant Julian Jenkins joined the West Point Band in 2016. He previously served in the Eighth Army Band in Yongsan, South Korea and the Army Ground Forces Band at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Staff Sgt. Jenkins is originally from Lancaster, California. He earned a Bachelor of Music from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach, and a Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Staff Sgt. Jenkins has performed with the Army Field Band, the FORSCOM Four Clarinet Quartet, and the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in master classes for Stanley Drucker, Daniel Gilbert, and André Moisan.