About Me
Henry Sparks is an academic advisor for the College of Performing Arts.
He advises all undergraduate students within the Interdisciplinary Conservatory as well as all BFA Musical Theater (Dance Concentration), MA Performing Arts Administration, and MA Theater Directing students.
Henry is a graduate of DePaul University (MM Jazz Studies) and Central Washington University (BM Music Education and Trombone Performance). Along with academic advising, he is an active trombonist and educator in the Chicagoland area. His playing has taken him to national and international success, winning the 2021 American Trombone Workshop Jazz Soloist Competition (Division II Ages 22-29) and as one of 3 finalists in the International Trombone Association's 2021 JJ Johnson Jazz Competition. Henry is an in-demand clinician, most recently at College of DuPage as a 2024 Fall Artist-In-Residence and as guest artist for the 2026 Jazz Symposium (Mountlake Terrace, WA).
- MM, 2022 Jazz Studies — DePaul University
- BM, 2018 Music Education and Trombone Performance (Double Major) — Central Washington University