Dr. Jason Luke Thompson 4412 South Adams Street Marion, IN 46953 765-677-2155 (office) jason.thompson@indwes.edu Positions Held 2015 Present 2006 Present Assistant Conductor and Concertmaster: Marion Philharmonic Orchestra Marion, IN Associate Professor of Music, Indiana Wesleyan University Marion, IN Conductor Orchestra, Opera, Musical Theatre, Early Music Ensemble Private Violin and Viola Instructor String Quartet Coach Classroom Teacher Music History, Symphonic Literature String Techniques, Fine Arts 2015 Guest Conductor, Opera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico 2012 Interim Artistic Director, Symphony of the Lakes Winona Lake, IN 2006 2009 Music Director: Fort Wayne Baroque Soloists, Fort Wayne, IN 2008 2009 Cover Conductor: Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Fort Wayne, IN 2000 2007 Music Director: Guilford Town Band, Guilford, CT 2003 2005 Assistant Conductor: Bowling Green Philharmonia, Bowling Green, OH 2004 2005 Creative Arts Program, Bowling Green, OH Violin Instructor Conducting Instructor 1999 2004 Musical Director, Violinist, Arioso Trio, Guilford, CT 1999 2003 Yale University Music Library, Summer Staff
Education 2005 2013 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Doctor of Music in Early Music Ensemble Direction Doctoral Minors in Choral Conducting and Music History Stanley Ritchie, baroque violin instructor Wendy Gillespie, program coordinator 2003 2005 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting Emily Freeman Brown, conducting instructor 1999 2003 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Bachelor of Science in Violin Performance and Conducting David Effron, conducting instructor Ilya Kaler, violin instructor Stanley Ritchie, baroque violin instructor Professional Orchestral Employment (Violin) 2014 Present Marion Philharmonic Orchestra, Marion IN Concertmaster 2005 2006 Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Terre Haute, IN Contracted 2005 2006 Danville Symphony Orchestra, Danville, IL Contracted 2005 2006 Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro, KY Contracted 2005 Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Richmond, IN 2003 2005 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra, Mansfield, OH Assistant Principal 2 nd Violin 2003 2005 Lima Symphony Orchestra, Lima, OH Contracted 2003 2005 Adrian Symphony Orchestra, Adrian, MI 2003 2004 Firelands Symphony Orchestra, Sandusky, OH 2001 2003 Indiana University Baroque Orchestra, Bloomington, IN 2001 2003 Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Columbus, IN Contracted 1998 2003 Wallingford Symphony, Wallingford, CT
Professional Employment (Baroque Violin) 2005 2014 Bach Collegium Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN 2009 2013 Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN 2008 Present Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN 2006 2009 Bach Institute at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 2007 Louisville Choral Arts Society, Louisville, KY Concertmaster 2002 Bloomington Early Music Festival, Bloomington, IN Chamber Music 2011 Present Indiana Wesleyan University Faculty Piano Trio and Quartet 2006 Present Fort Wayne Baroque Soloists 2013, 2015 New Comma Baroque 2011 2012 Soprani Compangi Guest violinist for tour of northern Indiana and Carnegie Hall, New York 2011, 2015 La Reunion Musicale Ad-Hoc Performances Organized April 2012 Solemn Vespers for Misericordias Domini with the Indiana Wesleyan University Bach Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra. August, 2008 July, 2008 March, 2006 April, 2005 April, 2003 December, 2000 Indiana University Early Music Institute Concentus Ensemble Michael Praetorius: Mass for the Feast of Pentecost as it might have been celebrated at the Cathedral of Magdeburg, ca. 1618. With the Indiana University Early Music Institute Concentus Ensemble. Johann Hermann Schein: Second Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation as it might have been celebrated in Lepzig, 1625. With members of the Indiana University Early Music Institute Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Violin Soloist and Conductor) Haydn: Symphony No. 6 Le Matin Biber: Battalia Bach: Cantata 4, Christ Lag in Todesbanden ; Selections from Gabrieli: Sinfonia Sacrae, with members of University Lutheran Church Choir and Indiana University School of Music Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3, Concerto for 2 Violins, Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio with members of Indiana University School of Music
Published Writing January, 2014 December 2013 Article: The Retention of the Latin Sequence in the Early Lutheran Church in Ad Fontes Witebergenses Dissertation: A Handbook for Reconstructing 16 th Century Lutheran Masses published at www.scholarworks.iu.edu Guest Lectures and Presentations 2014 Lutheranism and the Classics, Fort Wayne, IN Trochees, Dactyls and Correpta: Making Sense of the Gregorian Psalm Tones by Understanding Metric Feet 2014 LCMS Indiana District Spiritual Care Conference: Confessing Christ in a Contrary Culture, Avon IN Round Table Discussion for Musicians: Working with Youth Instrumentalists 2014 College Orchestra Directors Association National Conference, Fort Worth, TX Basso Continuo Solutions for Modern Orchestras Performing Baroque Repertoire 2012 Lutheranism and the Classics, Fort Wayne, IN The Retention of the Latin Sequence in the Early Lutheran Church 2009 WFWA Arts Weekly (Fort Wayne PBS Station) Discussion of the Baroque Style and the differences between the Baroque and Modern Violin 2008 Mid-west Scholars Conference, Indianapolis, IN Reconstructing History: Perspectives and Problems in Reconstructing Lutheran Church Services from the turn of the Seventeenth Century 2003 University Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IN Masters of the Notes: A History of Lutheran Composers Training Workshops and Conferences Attended 2013 Good Shepherd Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN 2013 The League of American Orchestras Conference, St. Louis, MO 2011 The Teaching Professor Conference, Atlanta, GA 2007 The Teaching Professor Conference, Atlanta GA
2005 Good Shepherd Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN Presenters included Robin Leaver and Carl Schalk 2005 Conductor s Guild Annual Conference in Boston, MA Presenters included Larry Rachleff, Martin Perlman, and Gunther Schuller. 2004 Conductor s Guild Conductor Training Workshop at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Carl Topilow, Jacques Voois, Patricia Handy, instructors. 2002 Conductor s Institute at Bard. Harold Farberman, Leon Botstein, Larry Rachleff, instructors. 1998 Musicorda Chamber Music Camp, South Hadley, MA James Buswell, violin teacher 1996/1997 Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen, MI Allen Ohmes, violin teacher John Stanley Ross, conducting teacher Professional Organizations 2015 Present Early Music America 2015 Present 2013 Present 2013 Present National Association for Music Education Indiana Music Educators Association The College Orchestra Directors Association The American String Teachers Association 2013 2014 The League of American Orchestras 2003 2005 The Conductor s Guild 2003 2005 Musician s Union, Local 159, Mansfield, OH Service on Boards of Professional Organizations 2014 Present Marion Philharmonic Orchestra Artistic Advisory Committee Marion, IN 2014 Present Lutheranism and the Classics Board of Directors Fort Wayne, IN
Awards and Grants 2005 2008 Indiana University, Willi Apel Early Music Scholarship, Bloomington, IN August, 2005 University Lutheran Church House Fellow, Bloomington, IN January, 2005 Bowling Green Pro Musica Grant to attend the Conductor s Guild Annual Conference, Boston, MA March, 2004 Bowling Green Pro Musica Grant to attend the Conductor s Guild Training Workshop at the Cleveland Institute of Music Feb., 2003 April, 1999 Feb., 1999 University Lutheran Church Grant to teach History of Lutheran Music, Bloomington, IN Hamden Symphony Orchestra Scholarship Recipient and Concerto Soloist Shoreline Arts Alliance Scholarship, Guilford, CT Church Affiliations 2004 Present Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN Rev. David Petersen, Pastor Rev. Daniel Reuning, Kantor Director, The 17 th -Century Praise Band Leader and arranger of a 3-9 piece instrumental ensemble Elder, 2010 Present 1999 2003 / University Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IN 2005 2008 Rev. Richard Woelmer, Pastor Assisted worship as violinist and choir member/assistant director. Arranger of hymn settings for various instumental ensembles with organ and congregation Elder, 2007-2008 Congregational President, January 2006 Present House Resident, 2005 Present Worship Deacon, 2000 2001 2003 2005 Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Perrysburg, OH Rev. John Rutz, Pastor 1980 2004 Lutheran Church of Madison, Madison, CT Rev. Richard Benken, Pastor, 1980 1998 Rev. Volker Heide, Pastor, 1998 2004