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SFC JASON
HAM While at UGA, Jason was an active competitor on the euphonium, winning the Atlanta Brass Society Solo Competition, the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition and the Solo Euphonium Artist Competition at the 2001 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference (ITEC) in Lahti, Finland. He has placed in the MTNA Collegiate Brass Competition, the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Competition, the International Philip Jones Competition and the Tuba Quartet Competition at the 2000 ITEC, held in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1995, Jason attended the summer session of the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH) in Greenville, South Carolina, where he was an honors recitalist, guest conductor of the Governor's School Orchestra and the recipient of the school's highest award, the Callie S. Rainey Award. From 1996 to 2001, Jason served on the faculty of the SCGSAH, culminating as the Vice Principal for the Summer Program. Now advising similar programs in the northeastern United States, he remains an outspoken supporter of the school, which is now a nine-month residential academy for gifted and talented students in South Carolina. Since entering the USMA Band in 2002, Jason has maintained an active performance schedule, both in and out of the band. In 2003, he performed and presented master classes at tuba-euphonium conferences, colleges and universities, and several music festivals, including the Hudson River Regional Festival and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, USA, held in Charleston, South Carolina. SFC Barry Morrison Sergeant First Class Barry Morrison, from Montgomery, Alabama, joined the U.S. Military Academy Band in April of 1987. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from the University of Alabama, and a Master of Music degree from Texas A & M University at Commerce (Formerly East Texas State University). Prior to joining the band, SFC Morrison taught in the public schools of Alabama and Texas. When not performing his Army duties, he serves as conductor of the Rhinebeck Legion Band.
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