page_title: Jason Fettig
section_title: Early life and education
hierarchical_section_title: Jason Fettig / Early life and education
caption_attribution_description: English: On Nov. 6, 2007, the Marine Band led by Drum Major Master Sgt. William Browne and Major Jason Fettig performed at John Philip Sousa's grave on his birthday at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Kristin Mergen/released)
context_page_description: Jason Fettig is a United States Marine Corps colonel who is the music adviser to the President of the United States and the 28th director of the United States Marine Band "The President's Own".
  Originally from Manchester, New Hampshire, Fettig was educated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Maryland. An accomplished clarinetist, he assumed command of the U.S. Marine Band in 2014 after several years serving as the band's assistant director. As of 2019, he holds the rank of colonel.
context_section_description: Originally from Manchester, New Hampshire, Jason Fettig began playing clarinet at age eight. He graduated from Manchester Central High School, where he was drum major of the Manchester Central High School Marching Band, and completed his undergraduate education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied music education. Later, he received a master's degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Maryland, College Park.
caption: Jason Fettig directs the Marine Band during annual memorial observances to John Philip Sousa at the Congressional Cemetery in 2007
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