Jacob Fowler, Cellist
New Orleans-based cellist Jacob Fowler is a frequent performer in the concerts of the Northern Neck Orchestra Chamber Music Series and as a faculty member of the orchestra’s Chamberfest.
He is also the Founding Director of the Surf and Sounds Chamber Music Series (Outer Banks, North Carolina), which celebrated its 10th season in August 2024.
A highly respected chamber musician, Mr. Fowler is a founding member of Delachaise Ensemble and performs regularly with Fever’s Candlelight Concert Series in venues throughout New Orleans. He has performed with pianist Olga Kern and the Harlem String Quartet, as well as members of the Dover and Escher Quartets and the Lysander Trio. Mr. Fowler’s chamber music engagements have included Bargemusic in Brooklyn, the Festival de Febrero in Ajijic, Mexico, Crescent City Chamber Music Festival in New Orleans, and Grand Canyon Music Festival in Arizona. He was a regular performer with the Norfolk Chamber Consort and the Hampton Roads Chamber Players, and a founding member of the New Commonwealth String Quartet while in Virginia. Mr. Fowler also collaborated with the Todd Rosenlieb Dance Company to perform the Suite for Solo Cello by Gaspar Cassadó with choreography by Ricardo Melendez, which opened with great success and was hailed by M.D. Ridge of Norfolk’s WHRO as “the pièce de résistance. [Mr. Fowler] sang sweetly…and the result was spectacular.” He is also a frequent performer of the Northern Neck Orchestra Chamber Music Series, where he recently performed J.S. Bach’s complete Suites for Solo Cello to rave reviews.
He has also expanded his performance repertoire beyond traditional chamber music and has been recognized for his recent performances with New Orleans natives Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, Trombone Shorty, and Jon Batiste on NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert Series as well as his live stage performance with Big Freedia at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Music Festival. In March of 2019, Mr. Fowler was a featured artist at the SXSW Festival performing in the HBO/Games of Thrones and American Red Cross production Bleed for the Throne, which received national coverage. Mr. Fowler can also be heard on the 2019 soundtrack recording of the Alley Theater production Constellations.
His orchestra engagements include serving as a former tenured member of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and former Principal Cellist of the Shen Yun Performing Arts Orchestra, with which he traveled throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. He has also toured throughout China as a Principal Cellist of the Manhattan Symphonie. Mr. Fowler has performed regularly with the Louisiana Philharmonic, San Antonio Symphony and Houston Symphony, with which he toured throughout the United Kingdom.
Mr. Fowler holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (B.M.) and Rice University (M.M). He was also a fellow of Tanglewood Music Center and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Germany, under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach. Mr. Fowler currently resides in New Orleans with his wife and son.
Mr. Fowler performs at CCCMF 2024 on October 10, 11, 13, 14, and 16
