Jason Barclift graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelors of Music in Music Education in 1998 and a Masters of Music in Music Education in 2006. He received his National Board Certification in Music for Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood in 2005 and renewed his certification in 2014. From 1998 – 2005 he taught at H. J. MacDonald Middle School in New Bern, NC, from 2005-2011 at E. B. Aycock Middle School in Greenville, NC, from 2011-14 at Broad Creek Middle School in Newport, NC, and from 2014-2020 at Morehead City Middle School where his Eighth Grade Band performed at the North Carolina Music Educators Association (NCMEA) Annual Professional Development Conference in November of 2016. He is currently serving as the director of bands at Cornerstone Charter Academy in Greensboro, NC.

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Mr. Barclift holds memberships in the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME), North Carolina Music Educators Association (NCMEA), North Carolina Bandmasters Association (NCBA) and the American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA). Mr. Barclift served the NCBA Eastern District as the Assistant All-District Auditions and Clinic Chair and Auditions host for many years. He also served the Eastern District as President- Elect, President, and Immediate Past-President from 2009-2015. He was the North Carolina Bandmasters Association Secretary from 2014-2016. After serving at President- Elect and President of NCBA from 2016-2020, he is now enjoying his role as Immediate Past-President.

 

Mr. Barclift is an active clinician and judge. He has conducted various Honors Bands and adjudicated marching competitions and state band festivals in North Carolina and Virginia. Mr. Barclift, a native of Chesapeake, VA, now resides in Greensboro with his wife Kim, who is pursuing her PhD in Music Education at UNCG, and their son Elijah, a French Horn player in the 11th grade at the UNC School of the Arts.

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