ABOUT THE ARTISTS Jacob Springer, conductor Jacob Springer currently serves as the second-year wind band graduate assistant with the Wells School of Music at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. His musical performance career started at the age of 11 with his involvement in the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale. Jacob Springer attended Phoenixville Area High School where he spent much of his time playing trumpet, singing, and participating onstage in the yearly musicals. Jacob marched with the Reading Buccaneers Drum and Bugle Corps for their 2017 program Behind the Suite which went on to receive the 2017 DCA World Championship title. After his time in drum corps, Jacob went on to play principal chair trumpet in the 2018 PMEA All-State Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Yozviak, and third chair in the NAFME All-East Honors Band, under the direction of Dr. Bradley Genevro. Jacob also played trumpet in the Liberty Youth Wind Symphony High School Honors Wind Ensemble and in PYO’s Bravo Brass ensemble directed by Mr. Paul Bryan. In the Fall of 2019, Jacob began his undergraduate studies in trumpet performance at Temple University. During his time at Temple, Jacob changed his major from performance to music education, and his main instrument from trumpet to euphonium. After graduating in the spring of 2023, Jacob served as a long-term substitute middle school band director with the Twin Valley School District and as a full-time elementary band director with the Penn-Delco School District. He began his master’s degree at West Chester University of Pennsylvania studying instrumental conducting with Dr. Andrew Yozviak in the fall of 2024. Jacob is a brother of West Chester University’s Rho Sigma chapter of Phi Mu Alpha. His past teachers include Alex Gittleman, Jeffrey Curnow, Eric Schwiengruber, Jay Krush, Dr. Johnathan Fowler, Dr. Andrew Yozviak, Dr. Hannah Morrison, and Dr. Adam Gumble.
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