Mr. Shiuan
Associate Instrumental Director
Jason Shiuan is the newly tenured Associate Band Director at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, CA. Jason oversees all aspects of the marching band program, as well as the 3 concert bands and 2 jazz bands at Saratoga High. Mr. Shiuan is a composer and arranger in his own right; crafting and originating numerous selections of marching band show music each season. An accomplished cellist, pianist, vocalist and saxophonist, Mr. Shiuan uses all of these talents at SHS, unashamedly integrating voices and strings into the Marching Band and Concert Wind Band performances.
Prior to his appointment at Saratoga High School, Jason worked with students across greater Illinois - at Lincoln Park High School in Chicago, Skokie-Washburne Junior High in Winnetka, and the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago. Internationally, Jason served as an ASTEP Artist in Residence at the Shanti Bhavan Residential School in Tamil Nadu, India. Jason is also a Fulbright ETA Scholar Finalist and a Presser Undergraduate Scholar.
Jason Shiuan completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois, achieving degrees in Music Education and Saxophone Performance. At Northwestern he studied under the tutelage of renowned saxophonists Dr. Fredrick L. Hemke and Dr. Timothy McAllister, and under the baton of Dr. Ryan T. Nelson and Dr. Mallory Thompson. Jason was born and raised in Saratoga, CA, and is a proud graduate of Saratoga High School.
Prior to his appointment at Saratoga High School, Jason worked with students across greater Illinois - at Lincoln Park High School in Chicago, Skokie-Washburne Junior High in Winnetka, and the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago. Internationally, Jason served as an ASTEP Artist in Residence at the Shanti Bhavan Residential School in Tamil Nadu, India. Jason is also a Fulbright ETA Scholar Finalist and a Presser Undergraduate Scholar.
Jason Shiuan completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois, achieving degrees in Music Education and Saxophone Performance. At Northwestern he studied under the tutelage of renowned saxophonists Dr. Fredrick L. Hemke and Dr. Timothy McAllister, and under the baton of Dr. Ryan T. Nelson and Dr. Mallory Thompson. Jason was born and raised in Saratoga, CA, and is a proud graduate of Saratoga High School.
