Anthony Morris, double bass

Anthony Morris was the principal auxiliary bass and toured internationally with The New York Philharmonic from 1999 to 2006 under the batons of Kurt Masur and Lorin Maazel. He has also played on Broadway shows such as Beauty and the Beast and Phantom of the Opera. Mr. Morris has been subbing with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 2008. When not playing with NJSO, Mr. Morris plays with many orchestras in the tri-state area, which include the Harlem Chamber Players, Spectrum Symphony and musical lectures with Musica de Camera to name a few. As for teaching, he is Professor of Classical Double Bass Performance at Brooklyn College, a teaching artist at Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts in NJ, and the Head Teaching Artist at InterSchool Orchestras of New York. He holds BMA from the Manhattan School of Music and an MMA from the Juilliard School of Music.