Double bassist Randall Zigler enjoys a highly active and varied career as an orchestral and chamber musician throughout New England and New York, and has been hailed as “a revelation” for his “astounding agility…voiced with a beautiful baritone.” A founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble, Mr. Zigler has been involved in countless premieres since the group’s inception in 2001. He can be heard on the New Focus, Mode, Sono Luminus, Naxos, Innova, and Minabel labels, and has recorded works by Iannis Xenakis, Mario Davidovsky, Du Yun, Dai Fujikura, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Suzanne Farrin, among others.

As an orchestral musician, Mr. Zigler is a member of the Boston Ballet Orchestra, a frequent substitute with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, and has served as principal bass of both the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra. He is also principal bass of Emmanuel Music with whom he has extensive continuo experience in addition to larger ensemble performances.

Mr. Zigler is also a devoted educator and is on the faculty of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee as Associate Professor of Double Bass and of contemporary classical music performance. He also serves as the bass coordinator for the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) and has been on the faculty of BYSO’s Intensive Community Program for more than 15 years, with a focus on serving populations historically underrepresented in the study of classical music.

Randall Zigler began bass studies as a high school student in St. Louis, Missouri, and received undergraduate degrees in bass performance and mathematics from Oberlin College. He received a Master of Music degree from Boston University, and has studied with Edwin Barker, Scott Haigh, Tom Sperl, Albert Laszlo, and Carolyn White.