Jason J. Wu - JJWMusic
The official page for Jason Wu, Musician|Educator|Composer.
Music Educator, Tuba player for the Philadelphia Wind Symphony, Low Brass/Visual Tech for the Neshaminy High School Marching Band, Teaching Artist at New Groove Music Studio.
In Celebration of Music In Our Schools Month, I wanted to share some pieces for our February Mid-Year Concert featuring my 6th and 7/8th grade band who have come very far since I started working with many of them 3 years ago. Enjoy a performance from my 7/8th grader band performing Michael Sweeney’s Knights of Destiny, an exciting programmatic band work that began pushing my students into a more advance ensemble skills! Please enjoy these selections! Keep support music education and engaging in music!
Westtown Middle School 7/8th grade band Mid-Year concert performance 2024
Tubas are back and recital rep is safely put away! Back to some regular fundamentals and etudes play as much as I can before my trip to Japan! Enjoy a snippet of Tyrell no. 13, need to re-oil my valves a bit more haha!
13/06/2023
Wrapped up year 2 of teaching at the Westtown School as their Lower and Middle School Band Director and it was truly a pleasure to work with all of these amazing young musicians/students! Some highlights this year was definitely our multiple concert performances and my first time taking students to participate in a Band Festival! Thank you to all of my amazing colleagues, friends, family, and mentors, here’s to more music making!
19/05/2023
Some of the most impactful session for any beginner instrumental program are the Instrument Petting Zoo or Demo Sessions! Super excited to be doing these next week for upcoming 4th and 5th graders at Westtown, huge thank you to Zeswitz Music for providing the these great instruments for students to try!
10/05/2023
Great work today by the Westtown Lower School Beginner and Advanced Band for their excellent concert performance! All of these students either started with me last school year or this past fall and it’s crazy to see how much they’ve grown as young musicians throughout this year!
06/05/2023
Happy International Tuba Day to the best section of any musical ensemble! Featuring photos of some of my favorite tuba people and my 3 Tubas, Beatrice (BBb) Brynhildr (CC) and the newest addition my currently unnamed F tuba! Hope all the tuba people of the world are celebrating this special day!
Happy May 4th/Star Wars Day! In celebration of this day here is a snippet from my first concert at Westtown featuring the 6th grade band performing the Star Wars Main Theme!
23/04/2023
Shout out to another amazing PMEA All-Stare Conference this year! Got to engage in so many great sessions and performances from musicians/educators all around the state and beyond! Some session highlights were definitely Strategies for improving Double Reed Intonation, How to sustain A Modern Band Ensemble, and the Keynote presented by Maria Ellis (The Girl Conductor). Performance wise outside of the Pershing’s Own and the All-State performances, the Poquessing MS Select Choir, WCU Wind Symphony, and the Doylestown Symphonic Winds! Can’t wait for next year!
Final complete my Modern Band I Training session at the PMEA All-State Conference! The topic of Modern Band has been an area of interest for so many year and to see so many PA Music educators engaged in this work to reach more students than those found in our Band, Choir, and String programs has been inspiring! Thank you to my past coop teacher Henry Pearlberg for all the work he’s been doing even in retirement to continue helping pre-service and active teachers! Also to Little Kids Rock (MusicWill) and the modern band trainers for all of there assistance today! Enjoy, a performance of an original song by the Sagewood Shakers, with me on drumset along with other members who are also on instrument they either learned to play today or have minimal experience on!
16/04/2023
Congratulations to this amazing group of students! Very well deserved achievement today, winning 1st place out of 22 group in their division. Thankful for the amazing staff team I get to work with and for the parents and their unbelievable support!
19/03/2023
Congratulations to the Owen J. Roberts Indoor Percussion Ensemble for their first WGI Regional at Monroe Township HS! These students continue to blow me away with their talent and fortitude, getting up at 5:30am to perform at 9:30am for Pre-lims then made Finals and earning 5th place at Finals out 13 groups in their division! Huge shout out to the OJR Pit for their hard work today and to the wonderful parents who supported the students and staff today by providing assistance and food, thank you! Finally shoutout to the incredible OJR staff I get to work with, next stop MAPS Finals!
It’s always a pleasure working with Jay and hearing his feedback and insight on music! Here are a few snippets from my lesson with Jay while working on some recital rep. The video features excerpts from Lebedev’s Three Songs for unaccompanied Tuba, Enjoy!
26/02/2023
New Concert Music, means time for score studying and lesson prep! Very excited to be engaging in some new music with students for their upcoming Spring Movie/Storytelling themed concert!
17/02/2023
Great concert tonight to all of the Westtown MS Music Ensembles! The 6th and 7/8th grade band really knocked it out of the park with all of the pieces! Thank you to everyone who came out to support these young musicians!
Been spending some time exploring more Tuba music these past few week as I begin solidifying music for a potential solo recital in the spring. One area of tuba music in particular I’ve been looking at are unaccompanied solos as finding/scheduling an accompanist can be challenging for those outside of university or school. Enjoy some tuba music!
15/12/2022
From this past Sunday, a fun performance and my first performance on F tuba, and with a choir!
Wishing you a season of peace with tidings of joy from the Brass, combined Archmere Academy choirs & pianist friend Pat D'Amato all led by David Ifkovits. PC Kathy Fennimore Ifkovits
11/12/2022
From Tuba Christmas to Brass Quintet! An eventful day of performance and sharing music with others! Shout out to Jay Krush for directing another amazing Philly Tuba Christmas and to Capitol Brass for inviting me to perform with them!
11/12/2022
Tuba Christmas part 2! Join me and many other tuba and euphonium players for Tuba Christmas at the Kimmel Center under the direction of Jay Krush! I will be performing at the 12pm session but some of my friends will be performing at 6pm!
08/12/2022
Excited to be performing with Capitol Brass this Sunday at 3pm Academy Performing Arts Theater in Delaware! Come out and hear some nice holiday Choir plus brass quintet music!
04/12/2022
Tuba Christmas Season is upon us! First event tomorrow (12/4) in Lansdale, PA at the Railroad Plaza in Lansdale, PA! Come out and hear some fun holiday music!
Been a while since I’ve attempted a new composition, but was in the mood to compose today! So decide to start/plan a new piece for band inspired by another piece I composed in college, themed around the coming of winter. Enjoy a rough intro to “Winter Awakening”, featuring some MIDI audio without much dynamic balance.
18/10/2022
Had a great performance tonight with The Philadelphia Wind Symphony and Temple University Wind Symphony! Felt very much at home again at the Temple Performing Arts Center and to share the stage with so many wonderful musicians was truly special! Thank you to everyone who attended and tuned in online, also shout out to my co-host/music education buddy Micaela Hickey for coming out and supporting!
As I begin getting back into shape for an upcoming self-produced solo recital this Spring. Here is a practice run of Marcello’s Sonata V in C, Adagio, which will most likely open the recital program. Always loved playing baroque pieces on tuba and this piece holds a special place in my tuba career as it was my first jury piece on CC Tuba while at Temple University! Enjoy with headphones!
The Maestoso and Piu animato sections from Harold L. Walters Concertante! A fun tuba piece for any high school tuba player to learn. Plus it’s also the PMEA district 11 audition piece for 2022, so if anyone is looking for a reference recording here’s something to listen to! Outside of just notes and rhythm remember style and phrasing are king!!!
An excerpt from Sousa’s, Stars and Stripes Forever, to honor all those who have died while in Service, Happy Memorial Day!
07/05/2022
Happy International Tuba Day! A day to recognize the true foundation of every band and orchestra!
Ending the night with an excerpt from Prokofiev’s 5th Symphony Mov. 1! Got many things to work on like my phrasing…breathing…rhythm…interpretation…and more. Enjoy with headphones!
An excerpt from the 3rd Mov. of “Lohengrin”, still have lots of work to do on it but nice to play some more F Tuba! Enjoy with headphones!
An excerpt from Shostakovich’s Adagio from “The Limpid Steam” op. 39! Still a lot of work left to do, but happy to finally be back on a some what regular weekly practices sessions between everything I do…Enjoy with Headphones!
10/04/2022
Congratulations to the Owen J Roberts Indoor Percussion ensemble on their amazing performance at MAPS Finals today! Receiving 3rd place out of 16 group in the Scholastic A division with a score of 91.45. It was a pleasure working with these students and the awesome staff team!
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