Jeremy Lawi is the Director of Bands at Mid Pacific Institute in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Jeremy teaches band in grades 6-12 at this smaller private school, and has faced unique challenges and benefits of starting and keeping the same students through the entire Gr. 6-12 band experienced, as well as the unique setting of the small school. He is also active as a performing musician, with the Oʻahu Band Directors Association, and the Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony's Pacific Music Institute.