JESSICA BEALL, Purdue Bands Graduate Assistant for Concert, Marching, and Athletic Bands, comes to us from Rome City, IN.  She is a 2007 graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music with a B.S. in Instrumental Music Education.  While attending Indiana University, Beall performed with the Concert Band, Marching Hundred, and Big Red Basketball Band.  She was also on the marching staff at East Noble and Columbus North High School, an instructor with Indiana University’s Young Winds Program and Middle School Honor Band, and served as president of Indiana University’s chapter of MENC, the National Association for Music Education.  Beall was honored with the Outstanding Future Music Educator Award by the Indiana Music Educators Association in 2007.