Andrew Chilcote
Bass
Andrew Chilcote joined Pacific Symphony in 2023. He began pursuing bass under the tutelage of
Pacific Symphony Assistant Principal Doug Basye and is an alum of both Santiago Strings and Pacific
Symphony Youth Orchestra where he was a prize winner in the annual concerto competition. He first
worked for Pacific Symphony driving golf carts at their former summer home Irvine Meadows
Ampitheatre, shuttling the same musicians he would later join on stage. He was also a winner of the
Orange County Performing Arts Center’s (now Segerstrom Center for the Arts) Tomorrow’s Stars at the
Center competition in classical instrumental music. After graduating from Orange County School of the
Arts, he pursued a B.M. and M.M. in Double Bass Performance from the New England Conservatory of
Music where he studied with Donald Palma.
Andrew then held a fellowship with the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas in Miami Beach, FL where he collaborated as a bass coach with institutions such as NYO2, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Iberacademy in Medellin, Colombia, and in performance with the Pratt Institute, Fine Arts Quartet, and Palladium Chamber Players. He went on to join the bass sections of the Phoenix Symphony, Illinois Symphony and Sarasota Opera Orchestra.
When the 2020 pandemic shut down live music, Andrew decided to pursue a Performer Diploma in Orchestral Studies at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, studying with Jeffrey Turner and Kurt Muroki. While there, he served as the school’s Associate Instructor of Double Bass and performed as a frequent substitute musician with the Indianapolis Symphony and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, as well as with the orchestras of Louisville, Nashville, Milwaukee, Memphis, Rochester, Pensacola, Alabama, and Chattanooga.
In the summer, Andrew performs as principal bassist with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and has previously played with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra and Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra. He has also participated as a fellow at Music Academy in Santa Barbara, the Chautauqua Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and National Repertory Orchestra. Abroad, he has played with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Britten-Pears Orchestra and the Youtube Symphony at the Sydney Opera House.
Andrew then held a fellowship with the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas in Miami Beach, FL where he collaborated as a bass coach with institutions such as NYO2, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Iberacademy in Medellin, Colombia, and in performance with the Pratt Institute, Fine Arts Quartet, and Palladium Chamber Players. He went on to join the bass sections of the Phoenix Symphony, Illinois Symphony and Sarasota Opera Orchestra.
When the 2020 pandemic shut down live music, Andrew decided to pursue a Performer Diploma in Orchestral Studies at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, studying with Jeffrey Turner and Kurt Muroki. While there, he served as the school’s Associate Instructor of Double Bass and performed as a frequent substitute musician with the Indianapolis Symphony and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, as well as with the orchestras of Louisville, Nashville, Milwaukee, Memphis, Rochester, Pensacola, Alabama, and Chattanooga.
In the summer, Andrew performs as principal bassist with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and has previously played with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra and Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra. He has also participated as a fellow at Music Academy in Santa Barbara, the Chautauqua Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and National Repertory Orchestra. Abroad, he has played with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Britten-Pears Orchestra and the Youtube Symphony at the Sydney Opera House.