![]() With the New England Philharmonic, Funkhouser shared the stage with pianist Stephen Drury, and was featured as section leader and as one of three soloists in Gunther Schuller’s 1991 Violin Concerto.įunkhouser has also performed with some of Boston’s top World Musicians, including Leo Blanco, Francisco Mela, Pablo Bencid, Steve Langone, Rebecca Cline, and Natraj. ![]() ![]() He has performed and/or recorded with such luminaries as Grammy winners Joe Lovano, Charles Neville, Steve Gadd, Abe Laboriel Sr., Luciana Souza, Mark Walker, and Max Weinberg, Grammy nominees Bobby Watson, Francisco Mela, and Tierney Sutton, Guggenheim fellows Rudresh Mahanthappa and Geri Allen, as well as South Indian percussion master Trichy Sankaran, Art Blakey alumnus Bill Pierce, Bill Evans alumnus Joe Hunt, Ellington alumnus Herb Pomeroy, Natraj, and Mark Harvey's Aardvark Jazz Orchestra.įunkhouser has performed classical music with the Cornell University Glee Club, Newton Community Chorus, and the New England Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Richard Pittman. He currently resides in Albuquerque, NM, where he is an active performer and teacher.įunkhouser performs a wide spectrum of music, including all types of jazz, funk, rock, hiphop, Indian classical music, reggae and other world music, and Western classical music.įunkhouser is in equal demand as a jazz bassist and pianist, and has participated in an array of musical projects with some of the world’s most accomplished and creative musicians. After a year performing in Singapore and four years performing and teaching in New York City, John again returned to Boston in 2000 to raise a family, perform, and accept a job at Berklee College of Music, where he taught ear training, piano, bass, harmony, and ensembles until 2021. in Musicology at Cornell University and returned to Boston to earn a Masters degree from New England Conservatory in jazz piano, bass and composition in 1995. A native of the Boston, MA area, John Funkhouser studied classical piano from the age of seven, and classical bass starting at age nine.
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