Jason Uyeyama, violinist, is Director of String Studies at La Sierra University where he has been since 2002. Uyeyama received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music as a scholarship student of Itzhak Perlman. He completed his Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School, where he studied with Masao Kawarsaki. An active chamber musician and member of the Taylor String Quartet, he has also studied with members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Takacs, and American string quartets, and with pianist Robert McDonald.

Since his solo debut with the Sacramento Youth Symphony at age 14, Uyeyama has been a soloist with numerous orchestras including the Sacramento and Camellia Symphonies, the Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Conservatory orchestras. He has also performed in Italy, England, China, and Japan. Most recently, he made his recital and television debut in Japan and performed in thirty cities across the U.S. with the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, where he served as a principal. Other activities have included participation in the Aspen Music Festival, where he was a member of the Aspen Chamber Symphony, the Taos School for Strings, and the Tanglewood Music Festival, where he served as concertmaster.

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