About Jordan

Jordan Langehennig is an acclaimed professional multi-instrumentalist, linguist, and educator. A classically and traditionally-trained multi-instrumentalist, he specialises in wind, string, percussion, and electronic instruments of historical and global significance. His primary instrument is the Scottish great highland bagpipes, in addition to bagpipes from across the globe.
        His music is seasoned with flavours from Sephardic, baroque, and Scottish traditions, among other influences of traditional musics from across the globe - most recently, Georgia, Galicia, Turkey, and France.
      Described by peers as “cosmopolitan, debonair, and witty”, and “a cultural fusion dynamo", Jordan is an engaging performer who makes traditional music accessible to his audiences.
         A West Texas native, Jordan currently resides in Lubbock, Texas where he fulfilled two bachelors:
BA in Music (Oboe, Harp, Organ), and a BA in English (Language and Literature) with a minor in Linguistics at Texas Tech University. 
     As of 2024, Jordan completed certification courses in Ladino, and Haketia through the University of Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages.
      In 2025, Jordan performed along Lubomir Smilenov at Zlatne Uste: Golden Festival in New York City (Astoria) -- the Largest Balkan Music Festival in North America.
      In 2023,  Jordan was personally invited by the President of the International Bagpipe Organisation to perform at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and study the Met’s private collection of global bagpipes.
      In March 2024, Jordan was invited to perform in Plovdiv, Bulgaria for the International Bagpipe Conference. This led to an invitation to publish his first article for Chanter -- the official journal of the Bagpipe Society.
     In August of 2024, Jordan also performed works for Heckelphone at the International Double Reed Society conference in Flagstaff, Arizona.
      In October 2024, Jordan featured on qanun with the Dal'Ouna Ensemble and Oudai Al-Khatib during their concert appearance in Texas.
      For their 50th Anniversary Concert, Jordan appeared with the Victory Symphony Orchestra on Heckelphone in April of 2024.
​      He has been the Featured Main Stage Guest Artist for the Lubbock Arts Festival since 2023, earning Best in Entertainment several years in a row, and contributing to the IFEA's Grand Pinnacle Awards.
      For over a half a decade, Jordan has accompanied the Texas Panhandle Honor Flights to Washington DC as their official piper.
      In 2023, Jordan served as the Gaiteiro Oficial for the North American Galician Studies Symposium.
   
  Jordan is the Organist and Choirmaster at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, where he provides innovative and historical music for the liturgy. 

        At the Texas Tech School of Music, Jordan promotes traditional instruments and music through the Vernacular Music Center as a valued guest lecturer, guest artist, and community member.  Jordan performs on a variety of traditional and historic instruments in the TTU Balkan Ensemble, the TTU Early Music Ensemble, TTU BalFolk/RattleSkull, and in the Caprock English Bagpipe Consort. As a guest lecturer, Jordan instructs in the Physics of Sound and Music, Anatomy of the Orchestra, and various other courses when a specialist is requested. Since 2017, Jordan has performed in innumerable concerts for the TTU School of music, and continues to provide unparalleled music in the community.

      Since 2023, Jordan has toured with Taos-Based ¡Radio Free Bassanda! on kanun, djura gaida, zurna, oud, dulcimer, clarinet, accordion, and tin whistle.
"An eclectic mix of exotic Eastern rhythms and dizzying melodic frenzy. Music from Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Kurdistan, Armenia, North Africa, Medieval Spain, and New Mexico all delivered with RFB’s trademark rockin’ approach." 

Other Endeavours 

        "Outside of music, I enjoy cooking medieval Iberian and Mediterranean food, and learning languages (Greek, Levantine Arabic, Turkish, Dutch, Hebrew, Haketia, and Ladino).
      My best companions are my miniature dairy goats, who reside with me on the dusty South Plains.
        In a past life, I regularly volunteered with the West Texas Squad of the 501st and Rebel Legions as C-3PO and sometimes as a Tusken Raider. Our groups are international Lucasfilm-endorsed non-profit Star Wars costuming organisations that raise funds and make appearances as costumed characters for charity."