Jered Egan (Bass) has spent the last forty years as a professional
freelance musician – equally at home on the concert stage,
in a Broadway pit or at Manhattan’s leading cabaret venues. As a
chamber musician, he has worked with Bargemusic, the New York New
Music Ensemble, Electric Earth Concerts, the Portland Chamber Music
Festival, the North Country Chamber Players and at the June in Buffalo,
Monadnock and Manchester music festivals.
Jered’s orchestral work has included performing with the American Composers Orchestra, New York Pops, American Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Oratorio Society of New York, Portland Symphony, Albany Symphony, Vermont Symphony, Westchester Philharmonic and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. In addition, he has appeared with the Royal Ballet Orchestra at the Metropolitan Opera, toured the U.S. and Asia with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, and has held the position of principal bass with the Berkshire Opera, the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Italy and with the Martha Graham Dance Company.
In the cabaret field, Jered has performed at the Kennedy Center, Savannah Music Festival, Miami’s Performing Arts Center, the Algonquin Hotel’s fabled Oak Room, Café Carlyle, Birdland, 54 Below and Joe’s Pub. He has been a regular performer on the prestigious Lyrics and Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y and at the annual Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention, held at Town Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
On Broadway, Jered made his onstage debut playing and singing in An Evening with Jerry Herman. He has also appeared onstage in Patti LuPone on Broadway and below stage in many Broadway pits from Phantom of the Opera to The Producers.
Jered studied at The Juilliard School and completed his training with fellowships at the Tanglewood and Waterloo music festivals, and at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto (Italy). He has performed with the Festival since 2021.
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