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With performance credits ranging from orchestral soloist to jazz session player, Toronto bassist Jesse Dietschi is a truly versatile musician and composer equally experienced in jazz, classical, and popular music. Serving as the Principal Bassist of Sinfonia Toronto, he holds an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School (RCM, Toronto) in Orchestral Performance, along with Masters degrees in both Jazz Performance (U of Toronto) and Composition (Brandon University). Jesse performs regularly with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Canadian Opera Company, and has served as guest Principal Bassist with the Niagara Symphony. He has also performed with the Esprit Orchestra, Talisker Players, Toronto Concert Orchestra, Sony Centre/Attila Glatz Productions, Against the Grain Theatre, Soundstreams, New Music Concerts, and Tapestry Opera, among others. As a jazz musician, he leads his own trio, and has performed with musicians including Rich Underhill, Daniel Barnes, Terry Clark, Robi Botos, Alexander Brown, Brownman Ali, Nick Maclean, and others. He has been featured on recordings by artists like The Headstones, Metric, and Irene Torres and the Sugar Devils, and has performed with a range of others, including Ken Lavigne, Jeffrey Straker, and Come From Away co-writer David Hein. Jesse has been a featured soloist with orchestras in both Ontario and the US, and leads the Toronto-based chamber jazz group the Catalyst Ensemble. He has studied with Jeffrey Beecher, Andrew Downing, Michael Chiarello, David Occhipinti, and Stan Label.