Jackie Royce: Bassoon
Jackie earned her Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Performance from the University of Louisville, where she studied with Matthew Karr and was honored as a Presser Foundation scholar. Before college, she studied with Roger Soren and attended the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville. Throughout her studies, Jackie participated in the Interlochen Summer Music Institute, the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute, and the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival at Juilliard, and is an alum of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. She has performed at the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland, as well as in venues in Costa Rica and Switzerland. Jackie has played with the Louisville Orchestra, Owensboro Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, Orchestra Indiana, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and Orchestra Enigmatic. Other bassoonists she has studied with include George Sakakeeny, Jeff Keesecker, Steven Wilson, Sue Heineman, and Monica Ellis. She is also a member of the artist faculty at Mozart in the Knobs. Jackie was one of the musicians on the GRAMMY Award-winning recording The American Project with the Louisville Orchestra and Yuja Wang. She also performs with community groups such as the Louisville Winds and Chamber Winds Louisville. In recent years, she has also performed with the Phoenix Down RPG Trio at IDRS and ICA.
Unique in her versatility, Jackie not only performs with classical ensembles but also collaborates with rock and experimental groups. Since 2011, she has been a member of the art-rock band Ut Gret. She has also performed, toured, and recorded with Sapat, Waterbirds, Cat Casual, The Ford Theatre Reunion, Adjy, Tim Barnes, The Mothership Ensemble, Camera Lucida, il Troubadore, NovemberGroup, Dane Waters, Eugene Chadbourne, and Jecorey "1200" Arthur. Indicative of her commitment to musical expression across genres, she is also part of the experimental quartet Sun Variations, which hosts a monthly cross-disciplinary jam. Jackie teaches improvisation workshops for Out Loud Louisville and integrates music theory and improvisation into her lessons with students. She also coaches the Beginner Group with the Louisville Leopard Percussionists and has taught privately for over 10 years.
photo credit: Jo Morecraft