(FAIRFAX, VA) – Jeff Seffens graduated from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music in 1975 and became an itinerant elementary band director with Fairfax County Public Schools. After four years of teaching at this level, he transferred to Katherine Johnson Middle School (formerly Sidney Lanier Middle School) where he remained for the next 28 years until his retirement in 2007.
In 2008 Jeff was selected to serve on the City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts. During his 12 years on the Commission. he served as both Chairman and Treasurer. and was active in public art and the establishment of a film series focusing on the arts.
In 2009 Jeff rejoined the City of Fairfax Band Association (CFBA), becoming the first director of the Main Street Community Band He also leads CFBA’s Honor Flight Band. which welcomes veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to the nation’s capital when they arrive at Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport as part of the Honor Flight Program.
In 1988 he was included in the 13th edition of the International Biographical Center’s Men of Achievement, and in 1999 was honored by the Rotary Club of Fairfax as the “Outstanding Teacher of the Year.” In 2005 Mr. Seffens was selected by the City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts to receive the John Mason Arts Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to the arts.
As a trumpeter, Mr. Seffens has played with the City of Fairfax Band, the National Concert Band of America, the GTEV “Alpenveilchen” German Band and the Tom Cunningham Orchestra. He was also the music director and conductor of the Vienna Community Band from 1975 to 1981. His professional affiliations have included membership in the Music Educators National Conference, the Virginia Music Educators Association, the Phi Mu Alpha Professional Music Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, the American School Band Directors Association and the Association of Concert Bands