Elizabeth Jackson Kirchhoff

Elizabeth Jackson Kirchhoff has been active as an instrumental music educator, conductor, and clinician in the United States, Norway, and Canada for over 35 years. She has enjoyed teaching and collaborating with music makers from beginners at the elementary level to highly talented instrumentalists at the university level.

Jackson completed a B.A. in Music Education at St. Olaf College, an M.M. in Conducting at Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in Music Education at The Ohio State University. She taught at Eden Prairie High School in Eden Prairie, Minnesota from 1998 to 2022. The EPHS Wind Ensemble enjoyed multiple performances at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter Convention and the Music For All National Concert Band Festival.

Dr. Jackson has enjoyed working with a wide variety of honor bands, including the Arkansas All-State Symphonic Band, the Alabama Middle School All-State Band, the Colorado All-State Concert Band, and the North Dakota Junior High All-State Band. She has served on the MMEA Board of Directors and as the editor of Minnesota’s professional journal of music education. She is a past-president of the Minnesota Band Directors Association and was named the 2010 MMEA Educator of the Year.