CV/Resume
Jared Forth - Chicago, IL Musician
ContactSkills
- 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
Brightside Theatre - Naperville, IL
July & August, 2025
Hadestown (Upcoming)
Guitar
Schaumburg On Stage - Schaumburg, IL
July, 2025
Red and the Wolf (Upcoming)
Acoustic Guitar & Double Bass
Songbird Theatre - St. Charles, IL
June, 2025
Rock of Ages
Guitar I
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 I, Harmonica, & Mandolin
Big Deal Productions - Buffalo Grove, IL
July, 2022
Mamma Mia
Guitar I
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 I, Mandolin
Brightside Theatre - Naperville, IL
November, 2017
Teaching
Private Instructor
Guitar & Bass
Chicagoland
2014-Present
Naperville Music
Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Banjo
Napervile, IL
2016-2017
Jazz
Tapa La Luna (Monthly)
Solo Jazz Guitar
Tapa La Luna, DeKalb IL
2024-Present
Comics and Cannolis Fundraiser
Solo Jazz Guitar
Pizza & Culinary Academy, Lisle IL
August, 2024
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
Session Recording
Goodness
Electric Guitars, Bass
Andrew Micah
2021
Private Study
Katie Ernst
Double Bass
Chicago, IL
2025
John Stowell
Jazz Guitar
2023
Andy Brown
Jazz Guitar
Chicago, IL
2021-2023
Tim Lerch
Jazz Guitar
2020-2022
Ant Law
Jazz Guitar
2020
Press/Competitions
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
Chicago Battle of the Bands
1st Place - Walls Fall Down
Reggies Rock Club, Chicago
2015
Commercial Music
The Boy Band Project
Guitar
ECC Arts Center, Elgin IL
March 2025
Starsic
Guitar
Hip Hop
2016
Kinetic
Guitar
RnB / Hip Hop
2015
One Voice
Guitar
Gospel / RnB
2015
Walls Fall Down
Bass
Alternative Rock
2011-2015
Stories Told
Lead Guitar
Alternative Rock
2011-2015
Compositions & Arrangements
These Things Take Time
Cello Arrangement
Lizzy Kuhn
2023
Score Relief 2021
Film Scoring Competition
Composer
2021
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
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