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Major J Burcham MMus PGDip(TCM) LRSM Royal MarinesBorn in East Sussex, Major Jason Burcham took an early interest in music taking piano lessons. By the time Jason joined the Royal Marines as a pianist and cornet player at the Royal Marines School of Music, Deal in 1986 he had already won a number of performance competitions on piano. On completion of training, Jason briefly joined the Commandos Band before being drafted to the Staff Band at Deal where he was to remain for the next three years. A move to the Band of the Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in Portsmouth brought with it promotion and the opportunity to serve on the Royal Yacht Britannia. On board he performed for many members of the Royal Family and Foreign Heads of State at and for various events such as the Fleet Review commemorating the 50th anniversary of D Day and State Visits to Russia in 1994 and South Africa in 1995. A shore draft followed and Jason spent a brief time was spent as the piano instructor at the Royal Marines School of Music, now in Portsmouth, before being selected to attend the Bandmasters' Course for which he was awarded the Silver Medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians. His own training complete for the moment Jason returned to role of instructor before a move back to the Portsmouth Band. For the deployment of an especially formed band to Kosovo with 3 Commando Brigade, Jason was promoted to WO2 Bandmaster in charge of the band in the absence of a Director of Music. It was during this deployment that he successfully passed the Admiralty Interview Board and was commissioned in April 2001. His Director of Music course took him to Trinity College of Music in Greenwich where he studied conducting under the mentorship of Tadaaki Otaka and the tuition of Peter Stark and was also fortunate to work with Sir Charles MacKerras. Jason was selected to represent Trinity College of Music at the Erasmus Conducting Course in Lithuania. He gained his Post Graduate Diploma and MMus Degree whilst at Trinity College of Music and was recipient of the Ricordi Conducting Prize. His first appointment was as Director of Music to the Band at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines which was followed by his appointment as SO3 Band, Directorate Royal Marines. Following promotion to Major, in August 2007, he took up his current appointment as SO2 Band at HQBSRM. Jason is married to Veryan, a RN Officer, and has two children, Honor and Rory.
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