Jason Cumberledge

Jason P. Cumberledge is Director of Athletic Bands and Assistant Professor of Performance Studies at the University of Louisville, where he directs all aspects of the Cardinal Marching Band and Pep Band programs. His duties also include directing the Concert Band and teaching courses in music education, including marching band techniques, graduate and undergraduate conducting, and drill writing. Prior to his arrival in Louisville, he served on the band faculty at the University of Central Florida where his responsibilities included directing the UCF Marching Knights. 

 

In addition to these posts, he currently conducts the Brass Band of Louisville, including performances at the 2018 and 2025 Kentucky Music Educators Association State Conference and the 2018 Great American Brass Band Festival. He has also served as director of the Pennsylvania-based Kittanning Fireman’s Band, leading the group to a state senior marching band championship in 2002. He currently is Coordinator for KMEA State Solo and Ensemble Festival. He has served the state of Kentucky as Past President of Kentucky CBDNA and Coordinator for the Kentucky Intercollegiate Band. He is currently President-Elect of the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association. Dr. Cumberledge holds a B.S. in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and an M.M.E. and Ph.D. in Music Education and Instrumental Conducting from Florida State University. 

Dr. Cumberledge is active as a guest conductor, adjudicator, band clinician, drill writer, and music arranger. His arrangements and transcriptions have been performed at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels.

 

He has presented research at national, state, and regional conferences, including the NAfME Biennial National Conference, CBDNA National Conference, CBDNA Athletic Band Symposium, and Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music Education. His published articles have appeared in The Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Journal of Band Research, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Research Studies in Music Education, Contributions to Music Education, The Instrumentalist, and various other journals.