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Jason Eklund, Horn, graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance in 1998. While at the University of New Mexico he served as Principal Horn of the Santa Fe Symphony and a substitute for the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. In 2000, he earned a Master of Music in Performance from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX under the guidance of Gregory Hustis. While in Texas, Jason was second horn for the Plano Symphony Orchestra and third horn for the Irving and Waco Symphony Orchestras. He was also a member of Texas Winds Musical Outreach, and served as a substitute for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Currently, Jason resides in Atlanta, GA where he is an instructor of Music Theory at Emory University and an instructor of horn at North Georgia College and State University. He is also an active performer in the area, serving as Principal horn of the Macon Symphony Orchestra, third horn in the Cobb Symphony Orchestra and a substitute with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.