J. Mark Campbell holds a B.M. in Music Education from Virginia Commonwealth University and an M.M. from James Madison University. He has studied trumpet with Rolla Durham, Edward Mirr, and James Kluesner. Campbell has played trumpet as a freelance musician throughout the mid-Atlantic.

Campbell taught from 1998-2002 in the Franklin County Public School System of North Carolina. While in North Carolina he adjudicated bands throughout N.C. and S.C. as a member of the Carolina All-American Judges Circuit from 1999 – 2002. He also served as a judge for the 2000 and 2001 International Whistler’s Convention & Competition. From 2000-2002 he served on the executive board of the Franklin County Arts Council. In 2002 he was elected chair of the executive board.

Campbell taught trumpet, brass ensemble, and jazz band at the University of Lynchburg (formerly Lynchburg College) from 2008-2013. Campbell is currently the director of bands at Amherst County High School. This is a position that he has held since 2003.