Jasmine Britt
Jasmine Britt serves as the director of the Columbia University Wind
Ensemble. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, CUWE was shut down in March of 2020 but reinstated under her direction, She is the fourth person to serve as the director of CUWE in its ninety year history. In addition to her role as the CUWE director, Jasmine is a music educator based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Florida State University and a Master’s Degree in Music Education from Ithaca College. Her teaching career began at Olsen Middle school (Dania Beach, Florida) where under her direction, students actively participated in all county bands, all state bands, FBA solo and ensemble, and FBA music performance assessments. Upon relocating to
New York, she became the band director at first at JHS 50 where she led the band program to several Gold medal ratings at NYSSMA majors evaluation including their first ever Gold medal rating in 2009. After her time at JHS 50, she served on the music faculty at the Grand Street Campus High Schools as director of the Symphonic Band and Jazz Band B. The Grand Street Campus music program is made up of 400 performing arts students across three separate schools, many of whom begin their formal study of music as ninth graders. She now serves as
the band director at IS 318, where most of her students attend performing arts high schools in New York City.
In addition to her work as an educator, Jasmine serves as active conductor and clinician. She is a CBDNA Mike Moss Conducting Study Fellow and through her participation in various conducting symposiums she has studied with prominent wind conductors Anthony J. Maiello, Jerry Junkin, Tim Robblee, Stephen Peterson, and Mallory Thompson. In addition to conducting CUWE, she is the Artistic Director of the Metropolitan Music Community, which is the governing body of the Bushwick Big Band, Kings County Concert Band, Grand Street Community band and the Brooklyn Wind Symphony. As an educational advocate, she serves as the NYSSMA state chairperson for urban schools and has presented at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, The Ohio Music Education Association conference and The Sphinx Connect national conference. Many of her presentations and panelist appearances revolve around the work of promoting artistic access and excellence for music students of color in and supporting diversity/inclusion in repertoire,
ensemble participation and leadership.
National Band & Orchestra Fest
Jasmine Britt & Tanya Chanphanitpornkit, Clinicians
TUESDAY APRIL 1, 2025
CARNEGIE HALL
Ensembles in the National Band & Orchestra Fest at Carnegie Hall will participate in an extended private clinic session with one of our guest faculty and perform on a ticketed daytime concert. As part of their performance, participating ensembles will receive comments from our nationally-recognized clinicians as well as attend the performance of other participating bands and orchestras.