Jacob Cameron was instructor of tuba and euphonium at Grand Valley State University and an artist and faculty member at the Bay View Music Festival in Bay View, Mich. He has held teaching positions at Wright State University, East Carolina University, Calvin College and Cornerstone University. As a soloist, Cameron was the Artist division winner of the 1996 Leonard Falcone International Tuba competition, a second-place winner of the Lansing Matinee Musicale Orchestral Brass competition and a national finalist for both the high school and collegiate brass divisions of the Music Teachers National Association solo competition. He has performed numerous solo recitals at venues including Indiana State University, Michigan State University, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Interlochen Arts Academy. He has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops, Grand Rapids Symphony and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. Jacob received his Master of Music degree in tuba performance from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, and his Bachelor of Music degree in tuba performance from Michigan State University, where he is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree.