Jason Fisher

Helen is an incredibly talented performer, an articulate instructor, and an inspiring artist! Lessons with her transcend simple pedagogy and venture into the realm of profound self-discovery and revolution in musicianship. Her wholesome, honest outlook on life empowers her students, imparting a true sense of direction and providing courage during their stuggles. Helen is a head-strong leader in her field, and an inspiration to us all. Studying with Helen has taught me, among a great many things, that every note is golden and that the world is indeed my oyster.

Jason Fisher, 23-year-old native of Seattle and former student of Helen Callus, recently received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory studying with Victoria Chiang, and spent last year in New York as a student of Katherine Murdock. As founding violist of the Rivendell Quartet, Jason was a 2003 Carnegie Hall Fellow, performing at Weill Hall and traveling to Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic with the U.S. State Department on a tour of concerts, outreach, and cultural exchange. He also recently spent a month in Southeast Asia as a Peabody Singapore Fellow assisting with inaugural ceremonies for the new Yong Siew Toh Conservatory and performing as guest with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

A fervent chamber musician, Jason has been described as bringing “an intelligent, impassioned delivery and innate understanding of the conversational nature of chamber music to the mix” (The Republican), and his playing portrayed as “delightfully rich” (The Times Argus). He has spent past summers at Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival, IMS at Prussia Cove, the Chamber Music Session at Domaine Forget, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Mannes Beethoven Institute, as well as in string quartet residencies with the Miró and Muir Quartets. Jason has performed with members of the Florestan and Peabody Trios, as well as with members of the Brentano, Cleveland, Emerson, Mendelssohn, and St. Lawrence String Quartets. As an enthusiastic performer of early music, he also appears regularly with the New York-based Aulos Ensemble. Recent notable appearances include a solo performance of Hindemith’s Der Schwanendreher with the Peabody Camerata, Appalachian Spring in Carnegie’s Zankel and Weill Halls with Michael Tilson Thomas, and a “tight, strongly etched account” (Baltimore Sun) of Steve Reich’s Different Trains with members of the Peabody faculty. Jason begins Graduate Performance Diploma studies this fall in Boston at the Longy School of Music under full-scholarship as a student of Roger Tapping, former violist of the Takács Quartet.