Dr. Jerome Garrison has more than twenty-five years of experience teaching instrumental, strings, and vocal music from junior high school through college. In addition to serving as the chair of the Communication, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences Division, Dr. Garrison has also helped raise over $300,000 for the SMCC STARS Foundation Scholarship.
Dr. Garrison has been instrumental in helping build SMCC's arts community: he started the annual Messiah performance in 1987 and led the SMCC design team to build the Performing Arts Center in 2003. In 2008, Dr. Garrison was given the South Mountain/Laveen Chamber of Commerce Volunteer Service Award.
Courses Offered @ SMCC
MUP133 Voice I
MUP134 Class Voice II
MUP233 Class voice III
MUP243 Class Voice IV
MUP101BQ Private Saxophone
MUP102BQ Private Saxophone
MUP150 Community Chorus
For information regarding any of these courses, see Music.
Education
Ed.D., Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
M.Ed, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond Oklahoma
M.M.E., Central State University
B.A., Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma
Awards
Maricopa Employee of the Year, 2003
League for Innovation winner of Innovator of the Year Award, 2003
South Mountain Community College Humanitarian Award, 1999
South Mountain Community College Leadership Award for NCA, 1999
Careers in Music Award, Arizona Music Educators Association, 2001
South Mountain Community College Honors Program Recognition Award, 1990
Frank Borman Jr. High Outstanding Band Teacher Award, 1982
Organizations
MENC
Phoenix Art’s Committee
Travis L. Williams Board
Tanner AME Church (Minister of Music)