Jonathan Schmidt is an active conductor, educator, and performing percussionist from central Massachusetts. Currently, Jonathan is Director of Bands at Auburn Middle School in Auburn, MA and is a Co-Conductor of the MIT Concert Band. Jonathan studied percussion at UMass Amherst under Percussion Collective member Ayano Kataoka, DCI Hall of Fame member Thom Hannum, and Sandbox Percussion. His teachers and mentors in conducting include Dr. Matthew Westgate, Dr. Timothy Todd Anderson, Morihiko Nakahara, and Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr.
