Jake Fewx is an up and coming performer and educator hailing from Sherwood, Oregon. Currently based in the Washington D.C. area, Fewx acts as principal tuba of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. He has received degrees from The University of Oregon and the Yale School of Music studying under JáTtik Clark, Michael Grose, and Carol Jantsch.
Fewx's music career has brought him around the country to perform in venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He has collaborated with renowned groups such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, The Orchestra Now, Eugene Symphony Orchestra, The Brass Project, and the Puerto Rico Summer Music Festival Orchestra.
An accomplished soloist, Fewx has earned awards and high praise for his playing. Most notably, he was awarded first prize in the 2018 Leonard Falcone International Tuba Artist Solo Competition. Earlier that same year, Fewx was selected as one of the winners of the Yale Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition, (the first tubist to receive the honor) performing as a soloist with the Yale Philharmonia the following season.
In his free time, Fewx enjoys reading, video games, running, and seeking out good food.