Monday, December 2, 2019

New Hire: Jarrett McCourt, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Jarrett McCourt has recently won the position of Principal Tuba with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Jarrett will be performing with the orchestra throughout this season and will officially begin his full-time role in September 2020. Named one of Canada’s “hottest 30 classical musicians under 30,” Jarrett currently performs with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Prior to this, Jarrett was the Tuba Fellow of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida. Jarrett is also a certified yoga teacher and works for Crisis Text Line, a global not-for-profit organization providing free crisis intervention and suicide prevention via SMS message.