Henry Jenkins grew up in Cleveland, OH, where he attended the Oberlin Conservatory under the tutelage of Milan Vitek. He continued his studies under Kevork Mardirossian at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. While in Indiana, he was the assistant concertmaster of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra. He also played in the Evansville Philharmonic and Owensboro and Indianapolis symphony orchestras. Henry currently serves as second associate concertmaster in the Omaha Symphony Orchestra.