Dr. Jason DeCristofaro is an active music educator, multi-instrumentalist and composer/arranger based in Asheville, NC. He is the Director of Creative Arts, Coordinator of Jazz Studies and an Instructor of Music at Warren Wilson College. Jason’s classical and jazz compositions have been performed in China, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and throughout the United States.  The winner of the 2011 Yamaha/Percussive Arts Society Terry Gibbs Competition (an international scholarship competition for jazz vibraphonists), Jason has performed nationally and internationally at many jazz festivals, and he has performed with such notable artists as Randy Brecker, Dr. Sam Waymon (Nina Simone's brother), Justin Stanton (of Snarky Puppy), Sharel Cassity, and Jocelyn Gould.  Jason holds a Doctorate in Music Education (Boston University), Master of Music in Performance (UNC-School of the Arts), and a Master of Liberal Arts and Sciences (UNC-Asheville)