Jason
Ginter
Principal Timpani
Jason Ginter is the Principal Timpanist of the San
Diego Symphony Orchestra, appointed in 2008. He has
performed as a timpanist and percussionist with
orchestras throughout the country, and has formerly held
the position of Principal Timpanist with the Peoria
Symphony and the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestras.
Jason also serves as Principal Timpanist with the San
Diego Opera, and the San Diego Symphony Summer Pops.
A native of Elyria, Ohio, Jason began playing the drums at age 12, and while in high school he was selected to play with the Cleveland Orchestra on a “Percussion Spectacular” concert featuring Dame Evelyn Glennie. As a 2007 percussion fellow of the Tanglewood Music Festival, Jason performed under the direction of James Levine, Mark Elder and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.
Released in 2009, Jason can be heard on Never Far Away, the new San Diego Symphony recording on the Telarc label featuring the music of Bright Sheng. He has also recorded the music of Nancy Galbraith with the Pittsburgh Camerata Choir, and with San Diego guitarist Greg Gibson.
A graduate of the Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music, he studied with Russell Burge of the Percussion Group Cincinnati. His other major teachers have included Indianapolis Symphony percussionist Craig Hetrick and Cincinnati Symphony percussionist David Fishlock.
Jason is a protégé of Pittsburgh Symphony timpanist Timothy Adams, Jr. During the year spent at Carnegie Mellon University working with Professor Adams, Jason was a winner of the 2008 Carnegie Mellon Concerto Competition. A solo performance with orchestra of Joan Tower’s percussion concerto Strike Zones is scheduled for Fall 2008.
Jason is the author of Exercises for the Beginning Percussionist (2004), has published articles on the subject of teaching percussion, and has coached award-winning ensembles throughout the United States. He currently serves on the music faculty of the University of San Diego. Jason is the owner of the JGpercussion – for more information visit www.JGpercussion.com.
Principal Timpani
A native of Elyria, Ohio, Jason began playing the drums at age 12, and while in high school he was selected to play with the Cleveland Orchestra on a “Percussion Spectacular” concert featuring Dame Evelyn Glennie. As a 2007 percussion fellow of the Tanglewood Music Festival, Jason performed under the direction of James Levine, Mark Elder and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.
Released in 2009, Jason can be heard on Never Far Away, the new San Diego Symphony recording on the Telarc label featuring the music of Bright Sheng. He has also recorded the music of Nancy Galbraith with the Pittsburgh Camerata Choir, and with San Diego guitarist Greg Gibson.
A graduate of the Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music, he studied with Russell Burge of the Percussion Group Cincinnati. His other major teachers have included Indianapolis Symphony percussionist Craig Hetrick and Cincinnati Symphony percussionist David Fishlock.
Jason is a protégé of Pittsburgh Symphony timpanist Timothy Adams, Jr. During the year spent at Carnegie Mellon University working with Professor Adams, Jason was a winner of the 2008 Carnegie Mellon Concerto Competition. A solo performance with orchestra of Joan Tower’s percussion concerto Strike Zones is scheduled for Fall 2008.
Jason is the author of Exercises for the Beginning Percussionist (2004), has published articles on the subject of teaching percussion, and has coached award-winning ensembles throughout the United States. He currently serves on the music faculty of the University of San Diego. Jason is the owner of the JGpercussion – for more information visit www.JGpercussion.com.