Jadon Cruzan
Colorado Springs,Colorado
Summary
Enthusiastic Low Brass Musician eager to impart love of music as well as history, brass techniques and performance experience onto Beginner and Intermediate students. Exceptional skill developing performance groups and ensembles to showcase skill growth.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Musical Director
UCCS
01.2023 - Current
- Taught music appreciation, history and fundamentals to vocalists and musicians of varying skill levels.
- Handled requests for specific musical selections.
- Studied scores to learn music in detail and develop interpretations.
- Directed groups at rehearsals and live or recorded performances to achieve desired effects such as tonal and harmonic balance dynamics, rhythm and tempo.
- Scheduled and coordinated auditions to select performers for musical presentations.
- Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
- Used gestures to shape music being played, communicating desired tempo, volume and other performance aspects.
- Attended regular practices and private lessons to hone skills.
Musician
First Congregational Church
12.2022 - 12.2022
- Performed in 4 shows.
- Practiced 20 hours per week to maintain and improve technical skills.
- Sight-read difficult music accurately and at tempo.
- Used printed text and musical notations to memorize musical selections and routines
Lead Composer
UCCS Athletic Band
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Determined voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos and tone balances required to achieve effects desired in each musical composition.
- Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
- Transcribed ideas for musical compositions into musical notations using instruments, pen and paper, and computers.
- Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
- Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
- Attended regular practices and private lessons to hone skills.
- Selected and arranged 5 pieces for special events across 2 semesters.
- Assigned and reviewed staff work in such areas as scoring, arranging and copying music.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Music
University of Colorado At Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO05.2025
Skills
- Special Events Performances
- Music Theory
- Practicing Pieces
- Optimizing Sound
- Musical Composition
- Symphonic Orchestras
- Musical Arrangements Understanding
- Schedule Management
- Soloing
- Music Instruction
- Improving Group Sound
- Proficiency in Musescore, Sibelius, Ableton, and other Music Technology
Accomplishments
- Founded Mnoize in 2018
- Accepted into Colorado All-State Band 2020 and 2021
- Principal Tubist at 2020 Fort Lewis Honor Band
- Accepted into 2020 Adam's State Honor Band
- UCCS Music Department Honor's Scholarship Recipient
- Awarded the John Phillip Sousa Award in May, 2021
Performance Groups
- Montezuma Cortez Middle School Concert and Jazz Bands
- Montezuma Cortez High School Marching, Concert, and Jazz Bands
- Montezuma Cortez High School's Chamber Ensembles
- Tuba Christmas 2022
- UCCS Student Brass Quintet
- UCCS Symphony '21
- Solo Performances Spring 2022
- Various UCCS Chamber Ensembles
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Elementary
Japanese
Elementary
Conferences
- June in Buffalo Composition Conference- Buffalo, NY
- Eastman Tuba-Euphonium Academy- Stillwater, OK
Timeline
Musical Director
UCCS
01.2023 - Current
Musician
First Congregational Church
12.2022 - 12.2022
Lead Composer
UCCS Athletic Band
10.2021 - 05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Music
University of Colorado At Colorado Springs
Similar Profiles
Brianna RodriguezBrianna Rodriguez
Fitness Center Monitor at UCCSFitness Center Monitor at UCCS
Greg BenzmillerGreg Benzmiller
Adjunct Business Instructor at UCCSAdjunct Business Instructor at UCCS
Maddison BaileyMaddison Bailey
Field Placement Student at UCCSField Placement Student at UCCS