Sascha Jacobsen: Bio
Sascha Jacobsen was born into a musical family, going as far back as his great, great, great, great-grandfather, who was a bassist for the Moscow Opera.
Sascha has been playing the bass since age 16. His mentors have been Michael and James Finley, John Brecher, Nico Abondolo, and Dennis Trembly, as well as Wolfgang Guttler and Shinji Eshima. He now performs on the electric bass, fretless electric, string bass, baby bass, and cello.
He completed a Master's degree at the University of Southern California, and then went on to teach at Humboldt State University. He has served on the faculty at Laney College and the Sequoia Chamber Music Festival.
Sascha performed as principal bass with the Santa Cruz Symphony, and the American Musical Theatre in San Jose, and as a section member of the Monterey Symphony and the Sarasota Opera.
Sascha has performed on the world premier production of Martin Short’s Fame Becomes Me, Recorded on the new cast album of A Chorus Line, and has toured the world with the Argentine Tango group: Trio Garufa.
He is a founding member of Classical Revolution, and the Musical Art Quintet which performs his original works.
His Jazz group, the Sascha Jacobsen Quintet, released its premier CD Outer Sunset, in 2002, which Double Bassist magazine declared, "shines a light on Jazz that it hasn't basked in for years."
Through Classical Revolution, Sascha's music has been performed at many of the top venues in the Musical life of San Francisco; especially venues not normally associated with classical music such as Yoshi's Jazz Club, where his compositions were performed by the Musical Art Quintet. As a performer, Sascha has performed at nearly every venue in San Francisco, form Davies Symphony Hall with Diana Krall to the Golden Gate Theatre with "South Pacific" to small jazz clubs and Tango "milongas". He is in demand as a performer and a composer with new commissions being sought by Artists , play writes, Directors, and musicians. and over 300 performances each year. His group the Musical Art Quintet has become one of the leading chamber music groups in the city performing everywhere from SFO to CODA jazz club to the Legion of Honor museum. Sascha is also a founding member of Classical Revolution and the co-founder of Concert at the Collins, a new chamber music series at the brand new state of the art Collins Concert Hall at Sacred Heart College Prep. Sascha has donated time to support non-profit organizations with performances at fundraisers for Pakistan Flood Victims, and Food Not Bombs. Sascha is also dedicated to teaching and regularly coaches the student at SF School of the Arts as well as St. Ignatius Prep and talented private students.
www.saschajacobsen.com
www.musicalartquintet.com
www.triogarufa.com
www.classicalrevolution.org
He completed a Master's degree at the University of Southern California, and then went on to teach at Humboldt State University. He has served on the faculty at Laney College and the Sequoia Chamber Music Festival.
Sascha performed as principal bass with the Santa Cruz Symphony, and the American Musical Theatre in San Jose, and as a section member of the Monterey Symphony and the Sarasota Opera.
Sascha has performed on the world premier production of Martin Short’s Fame Becomes Me, Recorded on the new cast album of A Chorus Line, and has toured the world with the Argentine Tango group: Trio Garufa.
He is a founding member of Classical Revolution, and the Musical Art Quintet which performs his original works.
His Jazz group, the Sascha Jacobsen Quintet, released its premier CD Outer Sunset, in 2002, which Double Bassist magazine declared, "shines a light on Jazz that it hasn't basked in for years."
Through Classical Revolution, Sascha's music has been performed at many of the top venues in the Musical life of San Francisco; especially venues not normally associated with classical music such as Yoshi's Jazz Club, where his compositions were performed by the Musical Art Quintet. As a performer, Sascha has performed at nearly every venue in San Francisco, form Davies Symphony Hall with Diana Krall to the Golden Gate Theatre with "South Pacific" to small jazz clubs and Tango "milongas". He is in demand as a performer and a composer with new commissions being sought by Artists , play writes, Directors, and musicians. and over 300 performances each year. His group the Musical Art Quintet has become one of the leading chamber music groups in the city performing everywhere from SFO to CODA jazz club to the Legion of Honor museum. Sascha is also a founding member of Classical Revolution and the co-founder of Concert at the Collins, a new chamber music series at the brand new state of the art Collins Concert Hall at Sacred Heart College Prep. Sascha has donated time to support non-profit organizations with performances at fundraisers for Pakistan Flood Victims, and Food Not Bombs. Sascha is also dedicated to teaching and regularly coaches the student at SF School of the Arts as well as St. Ignatius Prep and talented private students.
www.saschajacobsen.com
www.musicalartquintet.com
www.triogarufa.com
www.classicalrevolution.org
