John Jenkins, Executive Director
John Jenkins joined the BSO team in May 2022 as its Executive Director. Prior to taking on this new role in Bartlesville, Dr. Jenkins served as the Music Department Chair and Associate Professor of Music at Oral Roberts University and Secretary-Treasurer for the Oklahoma Association of Music Schools.
Dr. Jenkins earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, Theatre, and Dance in Kansas City, MO and is a music education advocate and active musician throughout Northeast Oklahoma. Dr. Jenkins is a graduate of Leadership Tulsa: New Voices Class 8. He has served on the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma Resource Board, the Board of Directors for the Tulsa Youth Symphony and currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Tulsa Signature Symphony at TCC. He lives in Tulsa with his lovely wife Tricia, a pianist, organist, and church music director.
Emily Fowler, Executive Assistant
Emily Fowler serves as the Executive Assistant for the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra. Raised in Bartlesville, Emily Fowler attended Tri-County Technology Center for Marketing Management and graduated with a BS in Marketing from Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
She served on the BSO Board of Directors from 2015-2018. During her tenure on the board, Emily served as secretary and on a variety of subcommittees. She is a graduate of Leadership Bartlesville (Class XXV) and has served in several community based organizations such as the Young Professionals of Bartlesville (YPB), the Bartlesville Daybreak Rotary Club, and her church.