Jason Gamer

Office: Phone: FA 210 797-3095

Jason Gamer, Assistant Professor of Trumpet Performance and Director of Music Theory at Utah State University, is an active performing artist and educator with a broad spectrum of musical abilities and interests.  A native of Los Angeles, Jason earned degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music (B.Mus) and the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music (M.Mus, DMA).  He plays trumpet in several ensembles including the New West Symphony, Pacific Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  Recent solo engagements for Jason included performances with the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay, West Coast Composers Forum, the USU Percussion Ensemble, and the renowned United States Continental Army Band.  Embracing a variety of musical idioms, Jason performs with Hollywood Klezmer, Orchestre Surreal, and on several studio recordings including a new EP with the Jason Lee Bruns Jazz Collective.  

Also an accomplished conductor, Jason has led the Los Angeles Russian String Orchestra, and in the summer of 2005 conducted during the inaugural season of the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.  From 1995-2006, he served as music director and conductor of the Wild Ginger Philharmonic, which he co-founded.

In 2004, Jason received the prestigious Founder's Award for Humanity in the Arts from ICAP, the International Committee of Artists for Peace.