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Jared Forth
Musician & Composer
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Skills
- Performance: Guitar (Acoustic, Electric), Bass (Electric, Upright), Mandolin, Banjo
- Composition: Film Scoring, Arrangement, Transcription
- Teaching: Guitar, Bass
Pit Orchestra
Summer in the Parks 2025 (Upcoming)
Bass
Brightsde Theatre - Naperville, IL
July & August, 2025
Red and the Wolf (Upcoming)
Acoustic Guitar & Double Bass
Songbird Theatre - St. Charles, IL
June, 2025
Rock of Ages (Upcoming)
Guitar
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre - Arlington Heights, IL
May, 2025
Jekyll & Hyde in Concert
Double Bass
Brightside Theatre - Naperville, IL
January, 2025
West Side Story
Guitar
Summer Place Theatre - Naperville, IL
July, 2024
Jesus Christ Superstar
Electric Bass
Brightside Theatre - Naperville, IL
June, 2024
Assassins
Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
Wee Productions - Palatine, IL
November, 2023
The Last 5 Years
Guitar
Mill Theater - Elmhurst, IL
September, 2023
Xanadu
Electric Guitar
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre - Arlington Heights, IL
July-August, 2023
The Full Monty
Electric Guitar
Theatre Nebula - Palatine, IL
February-March, 2023
Footloose
Guitar, Harmonica, & Mandolin
Big Deal Productions - Buffalo Grove, IL
July, 2022
Mamma Mia
Guitar
Brightside Theatre - Naperville, IL
June, 2022
Always Patsy Cline
Guitar
Raue Center for the Arts - Crystal Lake, IL
March-April, 2022
Promises, Promises in Concert
Guitar
Brightside Theatre - Naperville, IL
January, 2022
Something Rotten
Guitar
Theatre Nebula - Palatine, IL
September, 2021
Spring Awakening
Guitar
Theatre Nebula - Palatine, IL
March, 2019
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Guitar
Brightside Theatre - Naperville, IL
November-December, 2018
Hairspray
Guitar
Brightside Theatre - Naperville, IL
June, 2018
The Bridges of Madison County
Guitar, Mandolin
Brightside Theatre - Naperville, IL
November, 2017
Big Band
DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble
Guitar, Bass
College of DuPage - Glen Ellyn, IL
2023-2024
Greenville University Jazz Band
Guitar
Greenville University - Greenville, IL
Autumn, 2015
Waubonsee Jazz Band
Guitar, Bass
Waubonsee Community College - Sugar Grove, IL
2014-2016
Church
The Rock
Band Leader
St. Charles, IL
2015-2019
Skyline Church
Guitar, Bass
O'Fallon, IL
2015
NCBC
Guitar, Bass, Band Leader
St. Charles, IL
2008-2024
Teaching
Private Instructor
Guitar
Chicagoland
2014-Present
Naperville Music
Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Banjo
Napervile, IL
2016-2017
Miscellaneous Performance
The Boy Band Project (Upcoming)
Guitar
ECC Arts Center, Elgin IL
March 2025
Tapa La Luna (Monthly)
Jazz Guitar
Tapa La Luna, DeKalb IL
2024-Present
Comics and Cannolis Fundraiser
Jazz Guitar
Pizza & Culinary Academy, Lisle IL
August, 2024
Competitions
Chicago Battle of the Bands
1st Place - Walls Fall Down
Reggies Rock Club, Chicago
2015
Private Study
Katie Ernst
Double Bass
Chicago, IL
2025
John Stowell
Jazz Guitar
2023
Andy Brown
Jazz Guitar
Chicago, IL
2021-2023
Ryan Carney
Double Bass
Chicago, IL
2023
Marisa Bellie
Double Bass
Chicago, IL
2023
Tim Lerch
Jazz Guitar
2020-2022
Ant Law
Jazz Guitar
2020
Independent Study
Left Hand Technique
Lauren Pierce
Discover Double Bass
2025
Advanced Fundamentals, German Bow Technique
David Allen Moore
Discover Double Bass
2023
Explorations of Note
Jonathan Kreisberg
2021
Standards From Film
Mike Moreno
2021
Guitar I & II
Ben Monder
My Music Masterclass
August, 2021
Solo Jazz Guitar Masterclass
Andy Brown
My Music Masterclass
April, 2021
Drop Voicing System I & II
Gilad Hekselman
My Music Masterclass
March, 2021
Improvisation Concepts
Gilad Hekselman
2020
Complete Musician Program: Music Theory, Composition
Dr. Jason Allen
Punkademic
2017
Press
Canvas Rebel
Magazine Interview
March, 2025
Top 60 Jazz Influencers in 2025
Feedspot
#53
2025
Russ Plays Music
Podcast Interview
Season 2, Episode 2
November, 2021
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