Publicity BioProfessor, Associate Chair
Coordinator of Music Education 
Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music
clarinet@uab.edu
241 Hulsey Center
(205) 975-0558

Research and Teaching Interests:  Clarinet, Music Education

Office Hours: By appointment

Education:

• BME, Florida State University
• MM, University of North Texas
• DMA, University of Kentucky, Clarinet Performance

Denise A. Gainey is Professor of Clarinet and Instrumental Music Education and Associate Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a Backun Artist/Clinician, a D’Addario Woodwinds Artist, a Silverstein PRO Team Artist, and serves as President-Elect of the International Clarinet Association. An avid chamber musician, Gainey is sought after as a clinician and performer throughout the United States and abroad, performing with the Amicitia Duo, the UAB Chamber Trio, and the Shepherd duo, with recordings available through Ravello Records and Potenza Music. She has compiled and edited a collection of clarinet solos, Solos for Clarinet, published by Carl Fischer and published a book on master teacher Kalmen Opperman, Kalmen Opperman: A Legacy of Excellence, with Carl Fischer, New York in 2018. Gainey holds degrees from Florida State University, the University of North Texas, and the University of Kentucky.