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ANA K. JERMSTAD
Trumpet
James Madison University
10459 Senedo Road
Mt. Jackson, Virginia 22842
EMAIL: jermstak@dukes.jmu.edu
540-335-1499

Instrumental Education

❖ North Fork Middle School

o Director: Wendy Whitford
▪ 3 Years of Instruction During Academic Year
❖ Stonewall Jackson High School
o Director: Robert Curry
▪ 3 Years of Instruction During Academic Year
❖ Stonewall Jackson High School
o Director: Megan Hendrix
▪ 1 Year of Instruction During Academic Year (2016-2017 School Year)
❖ William (Bill) Posey
o Private Instructor
▪ 4 Years of Private Instruction
❖ James Madison University
o Applied Trumpet Professor: Dr. Christopher Carrillo
▪ One Academic Year (2017-2018)

Music Employment

❖ James Madison University Pep Band 2017-2018

❖ Private Employment: Trumpet Player for a Podcast Recording “Smart Money Theme”
Winter 2018
❖ Harrisonburg High School: Pit Orchestra Player for Roger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Winter 2018

Current Music Affiliations

❖ James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes

❖ James Madison University Brass Band
❖ James Madison University Pep Band

Past Music Affiliations

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❖ James Madison University Symphonic Band

o Co-Principal Player
❖ James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes
o Soloist in trumpet quintet during the Concert Tune: Firedance
❖ James Madison University Brass Band
o Fourth Solo Cornet
❖ Massanutten Youth Brass Band
o Principal Cornet

High School Music Affiliations

❖ Stonewall Jackson High School Bands

o Concert Band
▪ 4 Years
▪ 3 Years Principal Player
o Jazz Band
o Brass Quintet
o Marching Band
▪ Section Leader / Drill Instructor 2015-2016
▪ Drum Major 2016-2017
❖ Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra at Eastern Mennonite University
o Third Chair 2014-2015 and 2015-2016
o Principal Player 2016-2017
❖ Massanutten Youth Brass Band
o Repiano Cornet 2015-2016
o Co-Principal Player 2016-2017
o Principal Player 2017-2018

Summer High School Instrumental Camps

❖ James Madison University Summer Band Camps 2016: Concert Band Camp
o Purple Band
❖ James Madison University Summer Band Camps 2017: Concert Band Camp
o Purple Band
❖ University of Virginia Summer Band Camps: Concert Band Camp
o Principal Player of Top Band
❖ Shenandoah County Summer Arts Academy Jazz Band
o Summer 2013 and 2016

High School Competitions & Honor Bands

❖ Virginia Tech Honor Band

o 2012 and 2013
❖ Solo and Ensemble Festival
o Spring 2012, 2013, and 2015
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o Superior Rating
❖ Virginia All-State Band
o Ninth in the State 2017
o Fifth in Symphonic Band
▪ VBODA 75th Anniversary
● “Featuring the work commissioned by VBODA commemorating
the 75th anniversary of the association.”

❖ District Honor Band

o Middle School Band 2013
o High School Concert Band: Third Chair 2014
o High School Symphonic Band: Eighth Chair 2015
o High School Symphonic Band: Eighth Chair 2016
o High School Symphonic Band: Third Chair 2017
❖ County Honor Band
o Third Chair 2014
o First Chair Principal Player 2015 and 2016
o First Chair Principal Player 2017
❖ Concerto Competition
o Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra
o Competition to compete for concerto spot.
o E-Flat Haydn Trumpet Concerto (In B-Flat): Second Movement, Adagio in 6/8

Notable Performances

❖ Forbes Center
o Massanutten Youth Brass Band
o JMU Concert Band Camp
o James Madison University Symphonic Band
o James Madison University Brass Band
o James Madison University Wind Symphony
o Contemporary Music Festival performance with the James Madison University
Brass Band
❖ James Madison University Brass Band Northern Virginia Tour

Awards and Scholarship

❖ Most Outstanding Musician

o University of Virginia Summer Band Camps: Concert Band Camp
❖ John Philip Sousa Band Award: May 26, 2017
❖ Valley Educational Center for the Creative Arts (VECCA) Scholarship: May 26, 2017
❖ James Madison University Excellence in the Arts Scholarship