Jesse Morrison

Currently based in Toronto, violist Jesse Morrison is a frequent substitute member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He graduated in 2017 with a Masters degree from the New England Conservatory (NEC) in Boston where he studied with Kim Kashkashian. Additionally, he received his Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School and his Bachelors from the University of Toronto. Jesse had his solo debut in Jordan Hall, performing as the winner of the Chamber Orchestra Competition in 2016 and again with the Symphony Orchestra in 2017, as a result of winning the concerto competition.

Mr. Morrison is an avid chamber musician and is an alumnus of festivals such as Yellow Barn, Kneisel Hall, the Banff Centre and Domaine Forget. Jesse has also participated as artist in residence at the Flatirons Chamber Music Festival in Boulder, CO, “Concerts in the Barn” in Quilcene, WA, Sunset Chamber Music Festival in Los Angeles and NEXUS Chamber Music in Chicago. He was a member of the Neruda String Quartet in 2015-16 in Boston and from 2011-2015, he was the violist in the Arkadas String Quartet based in Toronto. An active supporter of outreach and community engagement, Jesse was an intern for Music for Food (2015-17), a ground-breaking organization focused on raising resources to support unprivileged communities in Boston.