Henry Wolking is a composer, performer (trombone), conductor, author and educator. At the age of 23, his reputation as a composer and performer strengthened by his numerous published compositions and prizes brought him to the University of Utah as head of the Jazz Area.

His jazz and serious works have been played and recorded by the finest orchestras and jazz ensembles in the world. The Utah Symphony premiered his Symphony No. 1 "Lydian Horizon" in 1982 (a semi-finalist in the 1982 Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards), and other compositions have been recorded and performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Jazz Orchestra. His most recent CD (released in 2000) titled HENRY WOLKING is a best-selling recording on the MMC label. He recently composed the International Sports Broadcasting opening animation theme music for the 2002 Winter Olympics. This televised piece and other underscore music are estimated to have reached almost three billion people worldwide.

Prof. Wolking has completed over 20 compositions for orchestra, including 2 four-movement symphonies, a 30-minute ballet, 8 concertos, 4 fantasies, 5 jazz works and a tango. His Horn Concerto was recorded and broadcast by the New Zealand Symphony in 1985 and since then, his orchestral works have received performances and recordings by the Utah, Baltimore, Fresno, New Mexico, Phoenix, Louisville, Milwaukee, Kalamazoo, Colorado Springs, Greenville, Elgin, Rochester, Boise, Walla Walla, Brataslava, Cedar Rapids, Springfield, Fairbanks, Nashville, North Carolina, and Cincinnati symphonies along with the Warsaw Philharmonic, the London Symphony and various other community and university orchestras.

Forty-five of his jazz and chamber brass works have been published by major publishers, and over 50 more big band and combo pieces are published through his own company, Wolking Music Publications. His ballet, Forever Yesterday, premiered in April 1992, and was broadcast on NPR's Performance Today. A revised rendition of the ballet that includes narrator and soprano solo was premiered in June of 1995 in Boise, Idaho. His 30-minute jazz-influenced Trombone Concerto was premiered by the Utah Symphony in 1994 and was subsequently taken on tour by that orchestra.

Prof. Wolking's classical recordings include "Drama in Music" (CRS), "Henry Wolking" (MMC), "The Music of Henry Wolking and Ramiro Cortes " (Crystal), House of Sky (CRS), Pangaea, (CRS), Forests (MMC), A Luta Continua and Methenyology (VMM), "Music From Six Continents" CD series and "Reaching" on Centaur.

Prof. Wolking has been a yearly recipient of ASCAP Awards (Standard Awards Panel) since 1982. He is a former National Chairman for Jazz Theory of the National Association of Jazz Educators and has published many articles on jazz theory in the NAJE magazine. Performances on trombone include contemporary classical trombone literature as well as performances with various jazz groups at many festivals, including two years at Telluride, Colorado; performances at Montreux, Switzerland; and festivals throughout the United States. He was awarded the 1989 Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Florida Department of Music where three days were devoted to performances of his jazz, chamber, and orchestral music.