John Pellegrino, Artistic Director / Bass

John Pellegrino is Principal Bass of ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and Peninsula Music Festival, Assistant Principal Bass of Columbus Symphony Orchestra, a member of Grand Teton Music Festival, and teaches bass at Capital and Ohio State Universities. In addition, John enjoys performing, touring, and recording with many of this country’s leading orchestras. In the 1980s, John earned performance degrees from both the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School. In 2008, John was the recipient of the Ohio Private/Studio Teacher of the Year award given by the Ohio String Teachers Association. His students have won competitions held by the International Society of Bassists, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Ohio String Teachers Association, Interlochen Arts Camp and the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as positions in major American orchestras. John was born and raised in Warwick, RI, and owes much to his family of music educators/performers, private teachers, the public school music program in Warwick and to the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.