Jerome "Jerry" Fuller

Biography

Jerry Fuller began studying the double bass at age 16 and was invited to join the Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra three years later. Within two years he was promoted to first desk of the double bass section in addition to performing with the Santa Fe Opera. Mr Fuller has also served as solo double bass of The Musikkollegium Winterthur Switzerland. While in Europe, Mr. Fuller became interested in historically-informed performance practice and has achieved international recognition for his work with period instruments.

A Chicago Artists Abroad grant recipient, Mr. Fuller’s performances in London, Rome, Geneva and Edinburgh have been broadcast worldwide. In addition, Mr. Fuller has performed at the Ravinia and the Aspen Music Festivals and both the Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals.

His recordings on the Musical Arts Society, Cedille and Centaur labels have been hailed by both critics and colleagues. Mr. Fuller also writes on period instruments and performance practice for The Strad, Double Bassist, and Bass World magazines, and has served on the editorial board of the Online Journal of Bass Research.

Mr. Fuller served as an officer of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bassists 1990-1996 and has appeared as a guest artist with the American Bach Soloists of San Francisco, the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston and the Newberry Consort of Chicago.

He is principal double bassist of the Haymarket Opera Company, Third Coast Baroque, and Callipygian Players. In addition, Jerry is a Musician in Residence at The Bach Institute of Valparaiso University and Rockefeller Chapel of the University of Chicago. Jerry was awarded the Early Music America Outreach Award for Excellence in Early Music Education and he recently received a Special Recognition Award for Historically Informed Performance from the International Society of Bassists. This award is given once every two years to a bassist who has demonstrated and achieved the highest level of excellence in historically informed performance.

Discography

• Musical Arts Society Telemann Chamber Sonatas
  • CD41501 Ars Antigua — Jerry Fuller, director Songs, Dances and Fantasy
  • CD41589 Jerry Fuller, double bass Duets
  • CD41592 Jerry Fuller, double bass Trios
  • CD41595 Jerry Fuller, double bass Music of the Scottish Baroque
  • CD6448 Ars Antigua — Jerry Fuller, director

• Cedille Records The World of Lully
  • CDR 90000 043 Chicago Baroque Ensemble — Jerry Fuller, violone A Vivaldi Concert
  • CDR 90000 023 Chicago Baroque Ensemble — Jerry Fuller, baroque contrabass Vivaldi — The Complete Viola d’amore concertos
  • CDR 90000 159 Rachel Barton Pine with Ars Antigua, Jerry Fuller director Divas of Mozart’s Day
  • CDR 90000 064 Classical Arts Orchestra — Jerry Fuller, Principal double bass Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber — Mensa Sonora Battalia
  • CDR 90000 116 Baroque Band — Jerry Fuller, violone Maurice Greene — Overtures
  • CDR 90000 152 Baroque Band — Jerry Fuller, violone
• Centaur Harmonic Joys
  • CRC 2323 Music of Philipp Heinrich Erlebach Chicago Baroque Ensemble — Jerry Fuller, baroque contrabass and violone
• Clarion Handel’s Messiah Apollo Chorus and Orchestra — Jerry Fuller, Principal double bass
• Naxos Domenico Sarri — Italian Intermezzi 8.570035 The Comic Intermezzo Orchestra — Jerry Fuller, baroque contrabass
• American Bach Soloists Ludwig van Beethoven — Ninth Symphony American Bach Soloists — Jerry Fuller, double bass
• William Ferris Chorale William Ferris — Part Songs from American and Britain William Ferris Chorale — guest artist Jerry Fuller, double bass