Evan Premo
bass

Double bassist and composerÊEvan PremoÊis an active chamber musician performing regularly at Carnegie Hall, Juilliard, and doing outreach performances around New York City as a member of Ensemble ACJW. ÊEvan has performed concerti with numerous orchestras including the 2009 world premiere of his own double concerto for violin and double bass with Andres C‡rdenes and the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Evan has also collaborated with Yizhak Schotten, Katherine Collier, and the Formosa String Quartet, in addition to performing his own arrangements for piano and double bass at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

A graduate of the University of Michigan where he earned degrees in double bass performance and composition, Evan was a winner of the school's concerto competition in 2006 and, that same year, premiered his own Concertino for Bass Fiddle and Winds with the University of Michigan's Symphony Band. Evan's double bass teachers include Diana Gannett and Gary Karr, and he has studied composition with Michael Daugherty, Susan Botti, and Evan Chambers. He is also a member of Duo Borealis with soprano Mary Bonhag.