Dr. Charles R. Jackson
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Music Educator, Trumpet Performer/Teacher, Conductor, Arranger/Composer, Author
Agropoli, Italia
Hialeah, FL
Meridian, MS
Kennesaw, GA

Biographical Information

Teaching Experience

2022-2023: Full-Time Lecturer in Music Education (Band)
                   Georgia State University School of Music
                    Atlanta, GA (Beginning August 1, 2022) 
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2013-2022  Part-Time Assistant Professor
                   Kennesaw State University School of Music​

                   Faculty Advisor: Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
                   Vice Pres.: KSU Part-Time Faculty Council
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​1998-2013: Director of Bands, ​Dodgen Middle School​​,
                   Marietta, GA (Cobb County School District)
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1993-1998: Director of Bands, Garrett Middle School 
                    Austell, GA (Cobb County School District)
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1985-1993: Director of Bands, Campbell High School
                   Smyrna, GA (Cobb County School District​​)
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1983-1985: Director of Bands, Northwest Jr. High School
                   Meridian, MS 
                   Meridian Separate City School System
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1979-1983: Director of Bands, 
                   Kate Griffin Jr. High School, 
                   Meridian, MS
                   Meridian Separate City School System

CONDUCTOR

Full-Time Conductor/Director of the
 -Cobb New Horizons Symphonic Band-
a 94-member all-adult community band
​based in Kennesaw, GA

Trumpet Performance

Freelance Trumpet Performer, 1985-2020
Greater Atlanta Area, Atlanta, GA

North Georgia Brass Quintet
Les Still Swing Band

​Marietta Pops Orchestra 2019
Cobb Wind Symphony, Charter Member
-Midwest International Band & Orchestra Clinic Performance 2003
-Midwest International Band & Orchestra Clinic Performance 2011

Private Trumpet Instructor, 1979-2016

Education

2008: Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA):
          Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA​
​          Music Education with cognate in 
          Trumpet Performance and Conducting.  
          Trumpet student of Mr. Mark Hughes, Past    
          Principal Trumpet with the Atlanta
          Symphony Orchestra. 
          Conducting student of Dr. Scott Stewart,
          Emory University.

1994: Education Specialist (EdS) Music Education:
          Georgia State University, Atlanta , GA
          Trumpet student of Dr. Steve Wynick,
          Conducting student of Mr. Jim Curnow,    
          
1984: Master of Science (MS) 
          Instrumental Music Education​​:  
          University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.        -         Trumpet student of Mr. Dave Hickman, 
          Conducting student of Dr. Harry Begian, 
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1979: Bachelor of Music Education (BMEd)​:
          University of Southern Mississippi, 
          Hattiesburg, MS. 
          Trumpet student of Mr. Allen Cox and 
          Dr. Mike Tunnel. 
          Conducting student of Dr. Joe Barry Mullins. 

1969-1975: Music Courses (non-degree)
          Miami-Dade Junior College
AFFILIATIONS
GMEA, NAfME, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, Pi Kappa Lambda, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma and Kappa Delta Pi.

Clinician Experience

Guest Conductor
  • GMEA District 12 Middle School Clinic Band, Cobb County , GA
  • GMEA District 12 High School Honor Band, Cobb County, GA
  • GMEA South Georgia Region Honor Band, Valdosta State University
  • Buncombe County Middle School All County Band, Asheville, NC
  • Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association District 8 Honor Band, Williamsburg, VA 
  • GMEA District IX Honor Band, Lambert High School, Suwanee, GA 
  • Williamson County Honor Band, Nashville, TN
  • Archdiocese of Atlanta Honor Band
  • Barber Middle School Band, Acworth, GA
  • Palmer Middle School Band Symphonic Band Camp, Kennesaw, GA 
  • Hillgrove High School Symphonic Band Camp, Powder Springs, GA
  • Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Emory University
  • Alatoona High School Symphonic Band Camp, Acworth, GA
  • Sprayberry High School Symphonic Band Camp, Marietta, GA
  • Kennesaw Mountain High School Symphonic Band Camp, Kennesaw, GA
  • Mt. Paran Christian School Symphonic Band Camp, Kennesaw, GA
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Guest Conductor/Clinician/Arranger
Atlanta Trumpet Festival, Emory University, 2004-2014

Band Adjudicator
Kennesaw State University Concert Band Invitational

Central-Carroll High School, Pre-LGPE Evaluation, Carrollton, GA


GMEA District XII Large Group Performance Evaluation

​GMEA District XII Solo & Ensemble Festival

GMEA District IX Large Group Performance Evaluation

​Indianapolis Public School Instrumental Music Festival (High School Band and Orchestra)


GMEA District XII Large Group Performance Evaluation


Middle Tennessee School Band & Orchestra Association, Concert Performance Assessment (High school & middle school bands and orchestras)

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Organizing Chairman for the Music for All/Bands of America National Middle School Concert Band Festival, Indianapolis, IN
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Kennesaw State University
Part -Time Faculty Council Representative for the School of Music
​2015-2019

Kennesaw State University
Part-Time Faculty Council Vice-President
2017-2019
Guest Clinician/Presenter

The Midwest Clinic 2018:
     International Band and Orchestra Conference
     Session Topic:
     Performance Preparation for Middle School or Young  Bands
     McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
    (The largest convention center in North America)

Missouri Bandmasters Association Summer Convention, 2021
Osage Beach, MO
​
Music For All Summer Symposium, Director's Track, 2007-2019
      Ball State University, Muncie, IN
      and formerly at Illinois State University, Normal, IL


Western Carolina University Summer Symposium, 
     Director's Track, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

     Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC

Summer Band Director Symposium 2019
​     Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA

Art of Teaching Music Summit - Atlanta 2019, 2020
     Fulton County Schools, Atlanta, GA 

Spirit Camp
     Director's Track, 2017-2019
     Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
     
Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL

Guest Trumpet Clinician
Monroe County School System, Forsyth, GA
Walton High School Band, 
Cobb County School District, GA
Pope High School Band, Cobb County School District, GA
North Cobb High School Band, Cobb County School District, GA
McClure Middle School, Cobb County School District, GA
Simpson Middle School, Cobb County School District, GA
Tapp Middle School, Cobb County School District, GA
Durham Middle School, Cobb County School District, GA
The High Meadows School, Roswell, GA
Dickerson Middle School, Cobb County School District, GA
Dodgen Middle School, Cobb County School District, GA
Smitha Middle School, Cobb County School District, GA
Cobb County Middle School Summer Band Camp

Guest Brass Clinician
  • Walton High School, Summer Band Camp, 2000-2009 Marietta, GA
  • Pope High School, Summer Band Camp, 2010-2019 Marietta, GA
  • Mt. Bethel Christian Academy, Brass Clinician 2015 Marietta, GA

North Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble
Assistant Director, 2016, 2017
PUBLICATIONS

Teaching Music Through Performance in Middle School Band, GIA Publications, ISBN-13:978-1622771318

The Band Director's Book of Secrets, C.L. Barnhouse Company, ISBN- 978-1-94-598039-8

Effectiveness of Preservice Experiences and Course Work in Music Education Toward Teacher Self-efficacy in Classroom Management, Dissertation published through ProQuest, 2008, UMI number 3370983

Contributing Author for InTune Magazine, 2012-2013
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Contributing Author for SupportED Magazine,
Yamaha Corp, December Issue 2017
Additonal Biographical Information



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