Jory
Herman
Double Bass
Jory Herman is the newest member of the San Diego Symphony Double Bass Section. He recently finished performing a season with the National Symphony in Washington D.C. A native of Houston, he received both a Bachelors and Masters of Music Performance in an Honors 5-year degree program at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. After this, he spent three seasons with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
The awards he has received for solo competitions include second place in the 2007 ISB Competition and finalist with the Corpus Christi Young Artists Competition. His primary teachers have been Paul Ellison, Dennis Whittaker, and Andrew Moritz. He has participated in numerous orchestra festivals including Tanglewood Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival, Spoleto USA Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.
In the summer of 2010, Mr. Herman was selected for the Recollets International Artist Residency in Paris to study video and experiment with works for Double Bass and Multimedia.
www.JoryHerman.com
Double Bass
Jory Herman is the newest member of the San Diego Symphony Double Bass Section. He recently finished performing a season with the National Symphony in Washington D.C. A native of Houston, he received both a Bachelors and Masters of Music Performance in an Honors 5-year degree program at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. After this, he spent three seasons with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
The awards he has received for solo competitions include second place in the 2007 ISB Competition and finalist with the Corpus Christi Young Artists Competition. His primary teachers have been Paul Ellison, Dennis Whittaker, and Andrew Moritz. He has participated in numerous orchestra festivals including Tanglewood Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival, Spoleto USA Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.
In the summer of 2010, Mr. Herman was selected for the Recollets International Artist Residency in Paris to study video and experiment with works for Double Bass and Multimedia.
www.JoryHerman.com