Faculty
Jacob Harrison
Jacob Harrison is the director of orchestral activities and associate professor of conducting at Texas State University. At his previous institution, he received multiple awards for his teaching as the director of the orchestra program and professor of conducting at Iowa State University.
Dr. Harrison has conducted orchestras across the country, leading performances of the great symphonies, concertos, overtures, choral masterworks, opera, and ballet. He is also an ally of living composers through constant inclusion of their works in his programming along with commissioning and premiering new works for orchestra.
As an in-demand conductor and educator, Jacob maintains a busy schedule conducting professional orchestras, all-state and honor ensembles, and offering clinics around the country. Recent engagements include leading performances with the Arizona Ballet and The Phoenix Symphony, the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, All-State Orchestras in Arizona, Iowa, and North Carolina, and clinics in Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Studio Faculty
Strings
Dr. Lynn F. Ledbetter - Violin
Dr. Ames Asbell - Viola
Dr. Karla Hamelin - Cello
Dr. Utah Hamrick - Bass
Brass
Dr. Caroline Steiger - Horn
Dr. Keith Winking - Trumpet
Dr. Andrew Cheetham - Trumpet
Dr. Robert Cannon - Trumpet
Dr. Martin G. McCain Jr. - Trombone
Mr. Ron Wilkins - Trombone
Mr. Raúl I. Rodríguez - Tuba
Woodwinds
Dr. Adah Toland Jones - Flute
Dr. Ian Davidson - Oboe
Dr. Vanguel Tangarov - Clarinet
Mrs. Daris Word-Hale - Bassoon