Victor Goines (Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet) is a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Septet since 1993, touring throughout the world and recording over 21 releases including Marsalis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning recording Blood on the Fields (Columbia Records, 1997) and The Ever Funky Lowdown (2020), as well as the soundtracks for Ken Burns’ acclaimed documentaries, JAZZ (1999); Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) and The War (2007). Mr. Goines is an acclaimed solo artist and leads his own quartet. He is also the President & CEO of Jazz St. Louis. As a leader, Mr. Goines has 10 recordings including A Dance at The Mardi Gras Ball (2016), Morning Swing (2013), and Twilight ( 2012), all from Rosemary Joseph Records. A gifted composer, Goines has more than 200 original works to his credit. His commissions include The Four Winds Suite (2021) and Suite for Bird (2014) for the Music Institute of Chicago; Untamed Elegance (2016) and Crescent City (2014) featuring Branford Marsalis for Jazz at Lincoln Center; Benny: Then, Now, Forever! (2009) for The ASCAP Foundation and Columbia College Chicago with support from the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, and Base Line (2002) for The Juilliard School to support the original choreography by Juilliard alumnus Robert Battle and other countless works for hire. Mr. Goines has recorded, performed, and collaborated with many noted jazz and popular artists such as Terence Blanchard, Ruth Brown, Paquito D’Rivera, Dianne Reeves, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, B.B. King, the Marsalis family, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Roberts, and Stevie Wonder. Throughout his career, Goines has been deeply committed to the field of jazz education. He was Director of Jazz Studies and professor of music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois from 2007 to 2022. Prior to that appointment, Goines was for seven years inaugural artistic director of the jazz program at The Juilliard School and a faculty member in jazz clarinet and saxophone. During his tenure at Juilliard, the department expanded from a collaborative program with Jazz at Lincoln Center to include formal bachelor and master of music degrees. He has also served on the faculties of Florida A&M University, the University of New Orleans, Loyola University in New Orleans, and Xavier University. A native of New Orleans, he began studying clarinet at age eight. He received his bachelor of music education from Loyola University in New Orleans in 1984 and his master of music from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond in 1990.