Jeffrey Turner
Principal Bass
Tom & Dona Hotopp Chair
Principal Bass Jeffrey Turner joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1987. He served as Principal Bass of the New American Chamber Orchestra from 1984 to 1986 and became a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1986. Mr. Turner, a native of South Carolina, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master’s degree in Conducting from Carnegie Mellon University, where he studied with Dr. Robert Page.
Mr. Turner serves on the faculties of Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University. He has also served as Visiting Professor at the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, and the University of Maryland. At Duquesne, Mr. Turner has also served as Chair of Strings and as Artistic Director of City Music Center's Young Bassist Program.
As a conductor Mr. Turner has served in recent years as Artistic Director of the City Music Center Chamber Orchestra, Conductor of the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra, and as Music Director of the Pittsburgh Live Chamber Orchestra.
Mr. Turner gives annual seminars and master classes at universities and conservatories throughout the world. He has been a resident artist for festivals including the Pacific Music Festival in Japan and the Korsholm Festival in Finland. He has been featured as recitalist, clinician, and competition judge at the conventions of The International Society of Bassists, and has served on the faculty of The Asian Youth Orchestra (Hong Kong) under the direction of Lord Yehudi Menuhin. Mr. Turner teaches regularly as a faculty member of the National Orchestral Institute and Indiana University’s Summer Festival.
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