Jake Thonis
BassoonJake Thonis is the acting Principal Bassoon of the Florida Orchestra for the 2024–25 season, previously serving as acting Associate Principal starting in 2022. He made his solo debut with the Boston Symphony in 2013 as the winner of its concerto competition, and has gone on to perform as guest Principal Bassoon with the Charleston, Chicago, and Houston Symphonies. He has also performed with the Hawaii Symphony and the Louisiana Philharmonic, and was previously a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. An avid chamber musician, he was an artist-participant at the Marlboro Music Festival from 2020 to 2022. He made his debut this summer at Music@Menlo and Tippet Rise Art Center, and looks forward to returning to Music@Menlo next summer. He will make his Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center debut in 2025. He has also participated in the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society as part of the Gamut Bach Ensemble. Thonis began his studies with Janet Underhill in his hometown of Wellesley, Massachusetts, going on to study with Richard Beene, Benjamin Kamins, and Daniel Matsukawa at the Colburn School, Rice University, and the Curtis Institute of Music, respectively.