A man with glasses and a beard, wearing a black shirt and a red wristband, smiling and leaning on an upright bass against a gray background.

Jerry Fuller

Jerry Fuller began studying the double bass at age 16 and was invited to join the Lyric Opera of Chicago three years later. Within two years he was promoted to Assistant Principal of the double bass section and has performed with the Santa Fe Opera, Musikkollegium Winterthur Switzerland, Chicago’s Music of the Baroque, San Francisco’s American Bach Soloists and Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society, as well as the Aspen, Ravinia, Boston and Berkeley Music Festivals.  Jerry has received international recognition for his period instrument performances and recordings, receiving Awards of Excellence from the International Society of Bassists and Early Music America.