Jake Thonis is the acting Principal Bassoon of the Florida Orchestra for the 2024–25 season. Thonis 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. Thonis was an artist-participant at the Marlboro Music Festival from 2020 to 2022. He made debuts last summer at Music@Menlo and Tippet Rise Art Center. Thonis makes his Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center debut in 2025. 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.
Music@Menlo Debut