Background
Background and Experience
Jason Heath is an active double bass performer, educator, blogger, and podcaster. A native of South Dakota, Jason began playing with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and Sioux City Symphony Orchestra at the age of fifteen. He serves as co-principal bass of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, assistant principal bass of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra and as a section bass member of the Elgin Symphony, and has also performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, and Joffrey Ballet Orchestra. Jason has toured internationally with the American-Russian Young Artists Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and he has also performed with the Spoleto USA Festival, Britt Music Festival, and Des Moines Metro Opera. He has served on the bass faculty of Trinity International University and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Qualifications
- former faculty, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Trinity International University
- performances with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Opera Theater
- member of Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, IRIS Chamber Orchestra, Elgin Symphony
- author of doublebassblog.org - popular double bass blog/resource - host of Contrabass Conversations podcast - contrabassconversations.com
- on the Board of Directors for the International Society of Bassists - www.isbworldoffice.com
- featured in International Musician, Double Bassist magazine, Adjunct Advocate, staff writer for Bass Musician Magazine
Professional Associations:
Board of Directors member for the International Society of Bassists
