(Check-in will happen at Smith Hall, students will then be escorted to the Band Room by Huntingdon College students)
9am - 9:30am - Registration at Smith Hall (1500 E Fairview Ave, Montgomery, AL, 36106)
**Students will be escorted by Huntingdon College students to the Band Hall once they have registered**
10am-12:30pm - Practice session with Dr. Baker
*Performances from Dr. Baker, Mr. Mooney, and the Huntingdon College Percussion Ensemble*
12:30-1:30 - Lunch (provided)
1:30-5 - Practice session with Dr. Baker
*Performances from Dr. Baker, Mr. Mooney, and the Huntingdon College Percussion Ensemble*
5:00 - Finish up
**Students will be escorted at this time from the Band Hall to Smith Hall for pickup**
5:00-5:30 - Student pickup at Smith Hall (same place you dropped off)
LEARN ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST!
Jason Baker serves as Professor of Percussion Studies at Mississippi State University,
arranger/coordinator for the MSU Drumline, and Recruiting Coordinator for the
Department of Music. He holds degrees from the University of North Texas, New England
Conservatory of Music, and University of Connecticut. His current performance interests
focus on commissioning solo percussion music by emerging composers from the
American South.
Jason has commercially released four solo albums, three etude books, and over 30
arrangements and compositions - many of which are included on solo and ensemble
music lists throughout the United States. His works have been performed at the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra Snare Drum Competition, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic,
Kaohsiung Band Festival in Taiwan, and the Percussive Arts Society International
Convention.
Jason is timpanist of the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Tuscaloosa Symphony
Orchestra, and Starkville Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Meridian (MS) Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston
Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been a clinician and/or performer at the Percussive Arts
Society International Convention, New York City Day of Percussion, Encontro Percussivo
Festival in Brazil, College Music Society National Conference, Texas Music Educators
Association Convention, All-West Tennessee Music Educators Convention, Mississippi
Bandmasters Association Convention, and universities throughout the United States.
Jason also performs with the Brooklyn Composers' Syndicate and served as a faculty
member at the Sam Houston Summer Percussion Academy.
Jason is Associate Editor of New Literature Reviews for Percussive Notes and previously
served as chair of the College Pedagogy Committee and president of the Mississippi
Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. He was a performing member with the Glassmen,
Boston Crusaders, and Connecticut Hurricanes Drum and Bugle Corps and later served
on the instructional staff of the Boston Crusaders. Jason is proud to be an artist for the
Yamaha Corporation of America, Innovative Percussion, Remo, Sabian, and Grover Pro
Percussion.
Jason is an avid long-distance runner and lives in Starkville, Mississippi with his wife and
two children. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from MSU, where
he was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma honor fraternity.
