Thames Valley Music School Orchestra was created in September 2004 for advanced
high school students and talented musicians seeking the opportunity to perform
in the highest quality orchestral environment. Performances are presented twice
each season, one in December and one in May.
The orchestra is directed by James E. Jackson III
General Information:
Members: By audition for advanced high school students and other
talented musicians.
Tuition: TVMS students - $175, Non-TVMS students - $225 a year.
Rehearsals: 2007-2008, Every Sunday, 4 pm - 6:45 pm, Starting September
9, 2007.
Location: John C. Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT.
Conductor:
James E. Jackson III, (conductor) is a native of Lexington, Kentucky. He has completed course work towards the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Euphonium Performance
with an emphasis in instrumental conducting at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. He received a Master of Music Degree in Euphonium Performance in 1995 from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education from the University of Kentucky in 1993. He was principal baritone of the Lexington Brass Band and a featured soloist
with the band at the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic in 1997. He has also performed as a soloist with ensembles at both the University of Kentucky and George
Mason University. Jackson is a founding member of the Kentucky Horse Park Four Horseman Tuba Quartet and the Concord Tuba-Euphonium Quartet and Alchemy. He was a recipient of the
Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship at the University of Kentucky, toured Spain as a member of The American Spiritual Ensemble, was the winner of the 1995 International T.U.B.A. Conference
Tuba-Euphonium Quartet Competition, and the winner at the 1994 Leonard Falcone International Solo Euphonium Competition.
He has been a clinician throughout the United States at numerous
universities, colleges and public schools. On December 31, 1996, Mr. Jackson
accepted a position with the U.S. Coast Guard Band. Mr. Jackson is the Music
Director and Conductor of the Waterford Community Band (CT), Music Consultant
and Jazz Studies Director at the Interdistrict School for Arts And Communication/ISAAC
(CT) as well as a private studio instructor
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