Kim C. Pensyl

    Kimothy Pensyl is a prolific jazz recording artist, composer, arranger, and producer who has twice been named one of Billboard’s Top-20 Contemporary Jazz Artists of the Year. A pianist and trumpeter, he has had four Top-10 albums on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart.
He has recorded with jazz legends such as Toots Thielemans, and modern greats like Joey Calderazzo, Bob Mintzer, Chiele Minucci, Andy Narell, Will Kennedy, Steve Rodby, and Alex Acuna.
          He has performed at such esteemed jazz venues as The Blue Note, Blues Alley, Caravan of Dreams, Scullers, the Beacon Theatre, and the Great American Music Hall. He has also appeared at the Clearwater Jazz Festival, Sunfest, Summerfest, Stone Mountain Jazz Festival, and Pacific Jazz Festival among others. Also, Kim has toured with the Woody Herman Orchestra and Acoustic Alchemy.
          Pensyl has more than 150 published works recorded and over 200 compositions and arrangements in his catalog. He has received outstanding reviews from DownBeat, Jazziz, Jazz Times and others during his career. His catalog consists of jazz, pop, and classical works with multiple commissions.
            In addition to his performance and composition credits, Kim has an extensive career in audio engineering. He has recorded, edited, mixed, and mastered multiple recordings for a wide variety of artists and genres, including classical, jazz, pop, rock, and folk music.
          He is currently Professor of Music at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. He is the Program Director for the Commercial Music Production Program and the Division Head for General Studies at CCM. He performs at various events, clubs and concerts with many artists with this own group, as well as the faculty and guest artists at CCM. In addition, he is a member of several big bands in the Cincinnati area, including the Blue Wisp Big Band and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra.

MA: California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA,

BM: The Ohio State University Columbus, OH,