This is Jesse’s 29th season as Principal Bassoonist and fifth season as Managing Director. His distinguished careers as bassoonist and educator take him around the globe. He is the former Principal Bassoonist of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan Opera National Company, CBC Radio Curio Ensemble, the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Boston Baroque and LA Baroque Orchestra.

He has recorded with Tafelmusik, Philharmonia Baroque, Capella Clementina, and soloed with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Victoria Symphony, Dutch Radio Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic and ensembles in France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Czech Republic and Austria. He is a faculty member of the European Mozart Academy and has presented master classes in Prague, Warsaw, Florence, Venice, Krakow, Montpellier, Lisbon and served as visiting Professor of Bassoon at the Utrecht Conservatory. His discography includes solo CDs on the Etcetera, Bravura and Skylark Labels. His most recent release, a second CD with Michael Strutt, guitarist, was nominated as “ Best Classical Album” in the West Coast Music Awards. Jesse is Professor and the former Director of the School of Music at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.