About Jason Russo
Available Wednesdays, Saturdays
Clarinetist Jason Russo, from Providence, Rhode Island, began teaching at Middle C Music in 2022. While educating the next generation of woodwind instrumentalists, he is also a clarinetist with The United States Navy Band, Washington D.C. Prior to his appointment with the Navy Band, he served in the United States Army Field Band for five years, where he toured twenty five states and three countries as a performer and educator. During his enlistment with the Field Band he was a featured soloist, performing Paganini’s virtuosic Moto Perpetuo with the Concert Band.
In addition to Jason’s military and teaching careers, he is an active orchestral clarinetist. Jason is the Principal Clarinet of the Fredericksburg Symphony and is also on the substitute lists for the Nashville, Milwaukee, Delaware, and Harrisburg Symphonies, as well as the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra.
As a clarinet soloist, Jason earned the Grand Prize in The Ronald Sachs International Music Competition, Second Prize in the Enkor International Competition, Honorable Mention in the Boston Woodwind Society Harold Wright Merit Award, and was also a finalist in the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs Emerging Soloist Competition.
Jason completed a Bachelor of Music from Boston Conservatory at Berklee in 2018 and is grateful for the guidance of his teachers Michael Norsworthy, Mark Nuccio, and Sam Caviezel. He hopes to return the favor by educating the next generation of musicians!
