Ian's profile
A native of Stephens City, Virginia, and currently residing in Baltimore, Maryland, Ian Sims completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University and its Peabody Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (2008), Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies (2008), Master of Arts in Audio Sciences (2010), and Graduate Performance Diploma in Jazz Studies (2010). His primary instrumental studies have been under the guidance of world renowned saxophonist Gary Thomas, with minor clarinet studies under Steven Barta. Performance credits include work with the Temptations, Four Tops, Cleftones, Gene Chandler, Jimmy Clanton, Percy Sledge, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Soulful Symphony, Gary Thomas, Alex Norris, Alan Ferber, Rufus Reid, Sam Rivers, Dontae Winslow, Warren Wolf, Paul Bollenback, Ed Howard, and EJ Strickland, among others. Recent performance venues include the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Music Center at Strathmore, Kennedy Center, Johns Hopkins University, and Peabody Institute. As a composer, he was awarded a commission by the Baltimore Jazz Alliance in 2013 and has had works performed by the Peabody Improvisation and Multimedia Ensemble and by Gary Thomas in Moscow, Russia.
While a student, Ian was a recipient of the Robert A. and Irene M. Boenning Scholarship, Richard & Elizabeth Case Scholarship, Willard and Lillian Hackerman Scholarship, Matthew S. Polk Scholarship for Recording Arts and Sciences, and the Kuehne-Finn Memorial Endowed Scholarship. Additionally, he served as a Jazz Department Undergraduate and Graduate Assistant, received a Technology Fellowship through the Center for Educational Research, and was appointed as a Teaching Associate for saxophone and clarinet in the Peabody Preparatory (Fall 2007). For his work as an instructor in the Preparatory’s Tuned-In program, he was a recipient of the 2010 Diversity Recognition Award from the Johns Hopkins University.
When not performing, Ian serves as co-director of the Peabody Preparatory's Jazz Performance Academy, Academic Coordinator of Jazz Studies in the Peabody Conservatory, Chief Administrative Officer for the Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club concert series, and jazz faculty in the Peabody at Homewood program. Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club was named “Best Concert Series” in the 2013 “Best Of” edition of Baltimore Magazine. Ian was formerly a woodwind instructor in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program.
While a student, Ian was a recipient of the Robert A. and Irene M. Boenning Scholarship, Richard & Elizabeth Case Scholarship, Willard and Lillian Hackerman Scholarship, Matthew S. Polk Scholarship for Recording Arts and Sciences, and the Kuehne-Finn Memorial Endowed Scholarship. Additionally, he served as a Jazz Department Undergraduate and Graduate Assistant, received a Technology Fellowship through the Center for Educational Research, and was appointed as a Teaching Associate for saxophone and clarinet in the Peabody Preparatory (Fall 2007). For his work as an instructor in the Preparatory’s Tuned-In program, he was a recipient of the 2010 Diversity Recognition Award from the Johns Hopkins University.
When not performing, Ian serves as co-director of the Peabody Preparatory's Jazz Performance Academy, Academic Coordinator of Jazz Studies in the Peabody Conservatory, Chief Administrative Officer for the Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club concert series, and jazz faculty in the Peabody at Homewood program. Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club was named “Best Concert Series” in the 2013 “Best Of” edition of Baltimore Magazine. Ian was formerly a woodwind instructor in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program.
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