Jason Huffman Curriculum Vitae

28 Park Ave, Malden, MA 02148

(617) 939-4172 jsnfmn@jsnfmn.net http://jsnfmn.net

Education
2008 2011

Boston Conservatory
Boston, MA
Master of Music in Composition
Composition studies with Jan Swafford, Curtis Hughes, Andy Vores and Dalit Warshaw.
Commisioned by the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble to write a new work, premiered February, 2010; received the Roger Sessions
Memorial Composition Award

1997-2002

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Oberlin, OH
Bachelor of Music in Performance
Trumpet Performance with Ryan Anthony, Roy Poper and Al Couch; additional lessons with James DeSano
Composition studies with Richard Hoffmann, Randolph Coleman, John Luther Adams, and Pauline Oliveros; single lessons with John Adams,
Tan Dun and Louis Lane

Spring 2000

Composition Study abroad in Vienna, Austria with Richard Hoffmann

Coursework includes: Discrete Mathematics, History of Modern Art, History of Modern Architecture, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind,
Schoenberg the Theorist, Schoenberg Seminar, Studio Skills for Composers

Compositions Performed
Equilibrium Concert Series, Ensemble Interface@June in Buffalo, Calithumpian Consort@SICPP, Ludovico Ensemble, Juventas, Boston Conservatory Wind and
Brass Ensembles, Oberlin Brass Ensemble, Bay Colony Brass, Charles River Wind Ensemble

Commissions
Transient Canvas (Clarinet and Marimba), Boston Modern Brass, Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Calliope (Chorus and Orchestra)

Performance Experience
5/12 Present

New Music Brandeis Jeffrey Means, Conductor

Trumpet

Waltham, MA

1/12 Present

Boston Modern Brass

Founding member

Boston, MA

10/11 Present

Sound Icon Jeffrey Means, Conductor, Artistic Director

Trumpet (repertoire includes Wolfgang Rihms Concerto Saraphin and Salvatore Sciarrinos Introduzione allOscuro, Gerard Griseys Quatre
chants pour franchir le seuil, Mark Andres Ni, and Philippe Leroux, (d)ALLER)

9/10 Present

Brookline Symphony Orchestra Adam Boyles, Music Director

Brookline, MA
Principal Trumpet (repertoire includes Beethovens Symphony No.7, Tchaikovskys Symphony No.4, Shostakovichs Symphony No.9, Nielsens
Symphony No.2, and Bruckners Symphony No.4)

5/10 Present

Equilibrium Ensemble
Founding member, Composer, Trumpet

Boston, MA

4/10 Present

MetroWest Opera Adam Boyles, Music Director

Principal Trumpet (repertoire includes Mozarts Die Zauberflote and Massenets Cendrillon)

Weston, MA

10/09 Present

Boston Opera Collaborative

Boston, MA
Principal Trumpet and Orchestra Manager (repertoire includes Verdis Falstaff, Janaceks The Cunning Little Vixen, and Robert Wards The
Crucible)

9/08 Present

New England Philharmonic Richard Pittman, Music Director

Boston, MA
Principal Trumpet (repertoire includes Donald Erbs Concerto for Brass and Orchestra, Brittens War Requiem, Adams Two Fanfares, and
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6)

6/08 7/09

Mercury Orchestra Channing Yu, Music Director

Cambridge, MA
Principal Trumpet (repertoire includes Debussys La Mer, Ravels La Valse and Concerto in G, Mahlers 5th Symphony and Strauss Don Juan)

9/07 Present

Charles River Wind Ensemble Matthew Marsit, Music Director

Cambridge, MA
Principal Trumpet (repertoire includes Respighis Pines of Rome, Hindemiths Symphony in Bb, Dahls Sinfonietta, Schoenbergs Theme and
Variations, Ginasteras Estancia, Coplands Outdoor Overture, and Milhauds West Point Suite)
Lowell House Opera Orchestra Lidiya Yankovskaya, Music Directors
Cambridge, MA
Principal Trumpet (repertoire includes Brittens A Midsummer Nights Dream, Bernsteins Candide, Puccinis Tosca and Turandot, and Verdis
Otello)

Recent Relevant Employment

5/12 Present

Leo Ornstein Estate/IMSLP

Copyist
Engraving of a new full score and set of parts of Leo Ornsteins Piano Concerto from the manuscript full score at Yales music library

9/11 Present

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Copyist
Engraving of a new full score and set of parts of Joe Maneris Piano Concerto for possible future performances

5/10 Present

Equilibrium Concert Series and Ensemble

Boston, MA
Technical Director and Founding Member
Conceive, organize, compose for and perform in a variety of concerts of new and underperformed music in various Boston area venues with a
mission of emphasizing the importance of all those involved in experience of music including composers, performers and the audience

3/04 8/04

Boston Public Library

Digital Music Archivist
Identification and correction of over 600 hours of archived recordings from the Koussevitzky and Piston collections

Boston, MA
(617) 536-5400