Jason Carlson is a former orchestra and band director of 23 years for the West Fargo School District.  His first experience in musical theater was in 1999 as a trombonist for Concordia College’s production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.  After directing the pit orchestra for Concordia’s, Moby Dick, he was invited by West Fargo High School’s pit director, Karen Morrison, as a guest arranger/performer for West Fargo Theater’s production of The King and I.  Since then, he has performed in and/or directed pit orchestras for over 50 shows in the FM Area with such theater programs as FMCT, Stage West, Fargo North, Horace High School, Sheyenne High School, and Moorhead High School.  He has been with West Fargo Summer Arts Intensive since their first production of Pippin back in