About Jerry Fuller
Jerry Fuller began studying the double bass at age 16. Just three years later, he was invited to join the Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra. Within two years, he was promoted to first desk of the double bass section and was also performing with the Santa Fe Opera. Jerry has also served as solo double bass of The Musikkollegium Winterthur Switzerland.
While in Europe, he became interested in historically-informed performance practice and has achieved international recognition for his work with period instruments receiving awards from Early Music America and the International Society of Bassists.
A Chicago Artists Abroad grant recipient, his performances in London, Rome, Geneva and Edinburgh have been broadcast worldwide. His recordings on the Musical Arts Society, Cedille and Centaur labels have been hailed by both critics and colleagues. Jerry 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.
Jerry has served as an officer of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bassists and 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.
In addition to his performance activities, Jerry is Curator of the Digital Dragonetti Archive in the Charles Deering McCormick Library at Northwestern University.