A versatile performer on modern and period instruments, Jason Dovel is an active recitalist, educator, and orchestral musician throughout the United States.

A native of Virginia, he grew up by the Blue Ridge Mountains in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley.  The valedictorian of his senior class, he went on to study music at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he studied trumpet with James Kluesner (now retired) and completed a bachelor's degree in music education with a minor in jazz studies.

Upon graduation from James Madison, he moved to Ohio and completed a master's degree in trumpet performance at the College of Musical Arts of Bowling Green State University where he studied classical trumpet with George Novak (now retired) and jazz trumpet with Charles Saenz. He then spent two quick years in Texas, where he completed the Doctor of Musical Arts in trumpet performance at the University of North Texas, studying with renowned Regents Professor of Trumpet Keith Johnson.

Jason Dovel is currently assistant professor of music at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where his teaching responsibilities include trumpet lessons, trumpet ensemble, brass methods, and instrumental pedagogy.  Prior to his appointment at NSU, he taught at the University of North Texas as a teaching fellow and at North Central Texas College as an adjunct faculty member.

Dr. Dovel has performed in a wide range of ensembles, including playing modern trumpet in the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra and Dallas Opera Orchestra, Baroque trumpet in the North Texas Baroque Orchestra and Texas Baroque Trumpets, and cornet in the Crested Butte All-Star Brass Brand (Colorado) and Heidelberg Brass Band (Ohio).  He has also performed with groups such as the Lima Symphony Orchestra, Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Symphony Orchestra,  Virginia Consort, Denton Bach Society, Waynesboro Choral Society, Heritage Repertory Theatre, New Lyric Theatre, Jump Alley Jazz Band and many other ensembles.  During the 2006-2007 concert season he performed and recorded with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra in Dallas, TX.

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