Jermaine B. Fryer has established himself as a performer, conductor, and educator over the years throughout the D.C. Metropolitan area. He has achieved several years of private teaching low brass, coaching brass sections, and leading wind ensemble sectionals, rehearsals, and performances. In 2008, Jermaine performed with Oxon Hill High School, his alma mater, as they toured China for the 2008 Beijing Olympics under the tutelage of Walter Harley and Professor Emeritus John Wakefield of the University of Maryland.

Jermaine plays trombone, euphonium, and tuba and has backgrounds in classical and jazz music. He has performed as a soloist and band member of many ensembles in the Prince George's County area, including the Fort Washington Symphonic Winds, University of Maryland Community Band, University of Maryland Wind Orchestra, Rockville Brass Band, Category 5 Wind Ensemble and UMBC Brass Quintet. Jermaine has performed in venues such as the Kennedy Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall, venues throughout Beijing and Xi’an, and colleges across America.

Throughout his studies, Jermaine has also been privileged to conduct the University of Maryland Brass Ensemble, the Rockville Brass Band, the UMBC Wind Ensemble and their Symphony Orchestra as the assistant conductor. He has studied euphonium with Dr. Elizabeth Palmer, Dr. Steve Kellner, and Brian Kaufman and bass trombone with Patrick Crossland. Jermaine has studied years of conducting from his mentors Dr. E. Michael Richards and Dr. Harlan Parker. His Bachelor's of Arts in Euphonium Performance was received from UMBC and he received both his double Master's in Music Performance and Master's in Music Education with an emphasis in wind conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in 2021.