Member Name:

Jason Boyers

Year Joined Community Band:

2005

Spouse / Sig Other, Children:

Brenda (the cute Euphoniumist), Stephen, Emily, and Hannah

Work / Profession (if retired, former):

Sr. Systems Engineer – design computer and phone networks

Personal Pursuits:

(such as: sports/recreation, volunteer work, hobbies, crafts, family activities, special accomplishments)

Family – spending time with Brenda and the kids, camping, Boy Scouts

Music - writing music, leading worship services at church, piano

Personal – reading, computers, home maintenance, church leadership

Nyack College Valedictorian, Eagle Scout

Music Background:

(such as: your start, experience, education, mentor, inspiration, interesting or humorous personal story, accomplishments)

Started in choir when I was four.  My grandmother gave me piano lessons in the third grade, and I continued on with them almost until college.  She also gave me a love for the French Horn.  I still have her three piston valve F Horn.  In High School, I played in five bands – Concert (F Horn), Marching (F Trumpet), Pep (Saxophone), Jazz 1 (Trombone), and Jazz 2 (Piano).  Also, I was in the Toledo Youth Orchestra and All Ohio State Fair Band.  I earned my Bachelors in Music Ed.

Other Bands Play(ed) With:

Nyack College Wind Ensemble, NCCC Band

What you most enjoy, or find especially fulfilling, about being a part of Community Band:

It’s so good to be playing regularly again!  I love the challenging pieces, as well as getting to know some terrific musicians.

Of the music we play, is there a type or piece that is your favorite:

I love the big, bombastic, intensely brass pieces.  Of course, anything with lots of quartal chords or mutli-tonal is cool too.