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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

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

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

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/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

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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