Jason Vest
Associate Provost for Academic and Student Affairs
贰尘补颈濒:听听听听vestj3@nku.edu听
Office:听听听听AC 830
Phone: 听 (859) 572-5622
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Jason Vest is Associate Provost for Academic and Student Affairs at NKU. He has been at NKU since 2014 after six years on the faculty at Eastern New Mexico University. Jason completed his Master of Business Administration degree in 2020 and actively works on听strategic initiatives for the university, including Success by Design; diversity, equity, and inclusion; the first-year experience; student success and well-being, student engagement, assessment and accreditation; faculty and administrator orientation; and faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure.
Jason Vest enjoys a full life as an active musician and educator. Vest is a Grammy-nominated performer who enjoys equally the challenges of opera, concert, recital, and professional choral work.听 He has been featured with Cincinnati Opera, Amarillo Opera, Stara Zagora and Plovdiv opera houses in Bulgaria, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and many others. In concert, he has recently been the featured soloist in the works of Bach, Handel, and Rachmaninoff. Vest has worked with composers to premiere their works in roles he originated or debuted, such as Douglas Pew鈥檚 The Good Shepherd and Bradley Ellingboe鈥檚 Star Song.听
As a recitalist, Vest delights in the opportunity to communicate closely with audiences and has performed for the Mexico Liederfest in Monterrey and the Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival in Albuquerque, as well as in recitals across the United States. Vest鈥檚 album of Richard Hundley鈥檚 songs,听Evening Hours, was released through Roven Records in the fall of 2018.听
Vest is a member of the Grammy-award winning choral group,听Conspirare, under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson. With Conspirare, he has toured throughout the United States, most meaningfully in performances of the Grammy-nominated new oratorio,听Considering Matthew Shepard. Vest also sings with the听Vocal Arts Ensemble,听Collegium Cincinnati, and the听Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas.听
Jason Vest is a Professor of Voice at 麻豆视频AV. His students have been finalists at district and regional NATS competitions and have been accepted at 麻豆视频AV schools, including USC, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Texas. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at the University of Kentucky after earning a Bachelor of Music from Butler University and a Master of Music from Brigham Young University. Jason is a staff writer for Classical Singer magazine and has also published in the Journal of Singing.听