Jayne Wenner is an assistant teaching professor in Music Education. Prior to coming to Ohio State, she taught elementary general music and strings in the Hilliard City School District. She became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2002.

She conducted the Nina Choir and the International Ensemble of the Columbus Children’s Choir for twenty years. Community teaching includes after-school music classes at Central Community House in downtown Columbus, musicianship classes for Hilliard Suzuki Strings, Opera Columbus summer camps, and private piano students.

Ms. Wenner has been a clinician at state (OMEA and TRIKE), regional (MKMEA), national (OAKE), and international (International Workshops in General Music) conferences. She served as the OAKE National Conference Choirs Chair and was part of the national conference planning committee. She served on the board of the Hilliard Education Foundation. She is the General Music Co-Chair for the 2026 OMEA Professional Development Conference.

She has sung in the Columbus Symphony Chorus and performed with Zivili, and currently performs with Selo. 

Ms. Wenner is a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar and a member of Pi Kappa Lambda. She received the first Great Inspirations Award given by the Hilliard City School Board in 2011. In 1998 she was awarded the Elementary Music Educator Award from the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

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Featured Professional Activities

• Associate conductor, Columbus Children’s Choir
• National conference Choirs chair, Organization of American Kodály Educators