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Jason Ham

Presented by Pima Community College Center for the Arts at Pima Community College Proscenium Theatre

October 27, 2009

Pima Community College Music presents a euphonium concert with Yahama Performing Artist Jason Ham. The program includes Dominique Roggen's "Concertino for Euphonium in Bb Major," G. F. Handel's "Ombra Mai Fu," George Gershwin's "Three Preludes," and Franz Schubert's "La Serenade." Jason Ham is a Yamaha Performing Artist and performs exclusively on the YEP-842 euphonium. Now in his seventh year with the West Point Band in New York, he has established himself as one of America's most active euphonium soloists. Ham studied both music education and euphonium performance at the University of Georgia under the late Dr. David Randolph and David Zerkel. While at the University of Georgia, Ham was the winner of the Atlanta Brass Society Collegiate Soloist Competition (1998), as well as a finalist in the National Music Teacher's National Association Competition (2000). In June of 2001, while still a student at UGA, he won a position with the West Point Band, to be followed by his winning the Solo Euphonium Artist Competition at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference (Lahti, Finland) just two months later. Ham has twice been invited to adjudicate this competition, both in 2004 (Budapest, Hungary), and 2006 (Denver, Colorado, USA). Ham is recognized as a pioneer of the euphonium. In October 2004, he participated in the first military to military musical interaction between the nations of the United States and China when he performed with the People's Liberation Army Band in Beijing. His performance there marked the first time that a euphonium had ever been seen as a solo instrument in that city. In July of 2005, Ham gave the first-ever solo euphonium recitals in the nations of Macedonia and Bulgaria. During his visit, his performances were heard on Bulgarian Public Radio and seen upon Macedonian Public Television. In September of 2007, he was the first American euphonium soloist to appear in the nation of Argentina, performing at the 3er Encuentro de Tubas y Eufonios, held in Buenos Aires. In April 2009, he gave the North American premiere performance of Bert Appermont's euphonium concerto ("Cantiphonia") in New York's famed Carnegie Hall as part of the New York City Wind Band Festival. Ham is the instructor of euphonium at Montclair State University. This past summer, Ham was established as the Valade Fellow in Euphonium at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp in northern Michigan, where he teaches annually. A recording of the David Gillingham Euphonium Concerto, titled "Summer of 2008", will be released this autumn by Illinois State University, with Ham as the soloist. He can be found on the web at www.jasondham.com.