Jared Cassedy
conductor of the wind ensemble
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Jared L. Cassedy is the Performing Arts Department Head and High School Band Director for the Masconomet Regional School District, MA. Prior to joining this community, he was the K-12 Performing Arts Coordinator for Lexington Public Schools, Massachusetts (2018-2024) and also conducted the LHS Wind Ensemble. He is the recipient of the 2015 GRAMMY Music Educator Award furnished by the GRAMMY Foundation and The Recording Academy having been selected out of a pool of more than 7,200 nominees nationwide and was most recently recognized as a 2022 National Music Teacher of Excellence by the Country Music Association (CMA) Foundation.
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Jared is the current President of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association
(MMEA) and is the Past Chairperson for the MMEA Northeastern District. He has
served on the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Equity Committee,
Strategic Planning Committee, and the Council of Music Program Leaders. Prior to
coming to Massachusetts, he was the President-Elect for the New Hampshire Music
Educators Association (NHMEA).
Jared is also the conductor of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School’s Jr.
Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble, a position he has held since 2016 where he works with students within the Greater Boston area who rehearse and perform actively throughout the school year. Additionally, Jared has served on the faculty of The Longy School of Music of Bard College teaches conducting classes for the Masters of Music in Music Education program and as the Artistic Director for Longy’s Side-by-Side Orchestra Program.
Beginning his career in 2005 as a music teacher at Windham Middle School, in Windham, NH, Jared was appointed as the first Director of Bands for the newly constructed Windham High School directing all instrumental ensembles in 2009. Until 2016, Jared held the position as Director of K-12 Fine and Performing Arts responsible for the supervision and evaluation of teachers as well as the development of curriculum. From 2016 to 2018 Jared spent two years working as the first Director of K-12 Performing Arts for the Salem School District in New Hampshire (his alma mater) where he helped to define, develop, and strengthen the department’s capacity through curriculum and assessment development, collaboration, teacher supervision and effectiveness, and district-wide programming.
Jared’s continued collaboration with his students and colleagues has enabled his ensembles to be selected to participate in a myriad of national performances and festivals in New York City (National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall and the New York Wind Band Festival at Carnegie Hall - 2022), Chicago (Festival of Gold), and at the Bands of America (BOA) National Band Festival sponsored by Music for All and Yamaha in Indianapolis. His ensembles have also been selected to perform at the NAfME Eastern Division Conference, for the Mayor of Quebec City and Governor of Montreal, the Pacific Basin International Music Festival in Honolulu, Hawaii (2023), the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts participating in the Washington D.C. International Music Festival (2024), and an upcoming performance in the Rudolfinum's Dvořák Hall in Prague (2027).
Jared is a much sought after conductor and clinician conducted a myriad of regional honor bands across all states in New England, has given a variety of lectures on leadership and best practices in teaching including TEDx talking about his journey and philosophies through education, and co-presented the session, “Fine Tuning Ensemble Culture and Why it Matters: Intentionally Creating a Positive Community through Conversation and Collaboration” at the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in 2021. In 2011 the New Hampshire Band Directors Association honored Jared with the “Outstanding Young Band Director of the Year Award.” He was also nominated for New Hampshire Teacher of the Year in 2014. Jared graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of New Hampshire – Durham where he received his Bachelors of Music degree in Music Education and has a Masters of Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus in Educational Leadership from Southern New Hampshire University. He is a member of NAfME, MMEA, NBA, and ASCD, and the prestigious Pi Lambda Theta Education Honors Society.
(MMEA) and is the Past Chairperson for the MMEA Northeastern District. He has
served on the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Equity Committee,
Strategic Planning Committee, and the Council of Music Program Leaders. Prior to
coming to Massachusetts, he was the President-Elect for the New Hampshire Music
Educators Association (NHMEA).
Jared is also the conductor of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School’s Jr.
Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble, a position he has held since 2016 where he works with students within the Greater Boston area who rehearse and perform actively throughout the school year. Additionally, Jared has served on the faculty of The Longy School of Music of Bard College teaches conducting classes for the Masters of Music in Music Education program and as the Artistic Director for Longy’s Side-by-Side Orchestra Program.
Beginning his career in 2005 as a music teacher at Windham Middle School, in Windham, NH, Jared was appointed as the first Director of Bands for the newly constructed Windham High School directing all instrumental ensembles in 2009. Until 2016, Jared held the position as Director of K-12 Fine and Performing Arts responsible for the supervision and evaluation of teachers as well as the development of curriculum. From 2016 to 2018 Jared spent two years working as the first Director of K-12 Performing Arts for the Salem School District in New Hampshire (his alma mater) where he helped to define, develop, and strengthen the department’s capacity through curriculum and assessment development, collaboration, teacher supervision and effectiveness, and district-wide programming.
Jared’s continued collaboration with his students and colleagues has enabled his ensembles to be selected to participate in a myriad of national performances and festivals in New York City (National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall and the New York Wind Band Festival at Carnegie Hall - 2022), Chicago (Festival of Gold), and at the Bands of America (BOA) National Band Festival sponsored by Music for All and Yamaha in Indianapolis. His ensembles have also been selected to perform at the NAfME Eastern Division Conference, for the Mayor of Quebec City and Governor of Montreal, the Pacific Basin International Music Festival in Honolulu, Hawaii (2023), the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts participating in the Washington D.C. International Music Festival (2024), and an upcoming performance in the Rudolfinum's Dvořák Hall in Prague (2027).
Jared is a much sought after conductor and clinician conducted a myriad of regional honor bands across all states in New England, has given a variety of lectures on leadership and best practices in teaching including TEDx talking about his journey and philosophies through education, and co-presented the session, “Fine Tuning Ensemble Culture and Why it Matters: Intentionally Creating a Positive Community through Conversation and Collaboration” at the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in 2021. In 2011 the New Hampshire Band Directors Association honored Jared with the “Outstanding Young Band Director of the Year Award.” He was also nominated for New Hampshire Teacher of the Year in 2014. Jared graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of New Hampshire – Durham where he received his Bachelors of Music degree in Music Education and has a Masters of Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus in Educational Leadership from Southern New Hampshire University. He is a member of NAfME, MMEA, NBA, and ASCD, and the prestigious Pi Lambda Theta Education Honors Society.
