Colin O'Bryan
Howard County Public Schools
Colin O’Bryan started playing jazz bass in third grade. After accidentally picking up a bow at a summer camp in high school, he tumbled down a path of youth orchestras, fuzzy articulation and questionable intonation, before coming to rest at the Peabody Institute. Under the calm guiding hand of Paul Johnson, Colin cleaned up both his articulation and his intonation and found a fascination with education. He currently occupies the podium as the Orchestra Director at Reservoir High School as well as the Director of the Howard County High School GT Symphony Orchestra.
A passionate educator and musician, Colin thrives on the community that exists at Bass Works. He strives to show every player the entirety of what they can be as a bassist and member of that larger bass community. He is he son of a guitarist/singer/pianist, the brother of a trumpet player, the husband of a violinist/violist/cellist, the father of a trumpet player and also a second year Bass Works camper. He believes that music makes you part of something special, and if you are part of something special you have a duty to include others in it. Colin has been a part of Bass Works since its inception, and wonders why nothing like this existed when he was a kid. If it had, maybe his articulation would have been less fuzzy and his intonation entirely unquestionable.
A passionate educator and musician, Colin thrives on the community that exists at Bass Works. He strives to show every player the entirety of what they can be as a bassist and member of that larger bass community. He is he son of a guitarist/singer/pianist, the brother of a trumpet player, the husband of a violinist/violist/cellist, the father of a trumpet player and also a second year Bass Works camper. He believes that music makes you part of something special, and if you are part of something special you have a duty to include others in it. Colin has been a part of Bass Works since its inception, and wonders why nothing like this existed when he was a kid. If it had, maybe his articulation would have been less fuzzy and his intonation entirely unquestionable.