| Bio: | Jeffrey Beecher began his musical education in New York where he attended the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School of Music. He completed his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music with Harold Robinson and Edgar Meyer. He is currently Principal Bass with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Mr. Beecher has been principal bass of the Verbier Festival Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the New York String Seminar and the Tanglewood Music Festival. An active chamber musician, Mr. Beecher has enjoyed performing at such venues as Bargemusic, Weill Recital hall, Zankel Hall, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the 92st Y, and Merkin Hall. He has also enjoyed several summers at the Marlboro Music Festival. Mr. Beecher is a regular member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, which has traveled not only to many of the major musical centers of the United States and Europe, but also to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Egypt, Iran, Syria and a number of the Central Asian Republics. He has participated as a mentor along with other members of the Silk Road Ensemble in Weill Institute Professional Training Workshops at Carnegie Hall. As a touring member of the Silk Road Ensemble, he has presented master classes at Harvard University, the Rhode Island School of Design, Northwestern University, and the University of California Santa Barbara. Mr. Beecher recently composed and produced music for an exciting television show to be broadcast on PBS entitled Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe. You can email Jeff at jbeecher@gmail.com |
