Big Time Jazz Orchestra

Vincent Osborn earned a BA in Behavioral Arts and Sciences and a BA in Music with concentrations in Literature and Performance (Summa Cum Laude-2003) from the College of St. Scholastica. Vince has studied with James Orleans (Boston Symphony Orchestra), Klaus Trumpf (solo bassist), Scott Harris (Virginia Symphony) and Christopher Brown (Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra).  He has also performed in the master classes of Gary Karr, Todor Toshev, Duncan McTier, and Paul Ellison.

Vince joined the US Air Force Band at Offutt AFB, Nebraska and for the next twenty years, until his retirement in 1998, was also stationed in Germany, New Hampshire, Virginia and Japan.  During his time in the Air Force, Vince played concerts throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and the eastern and upper mid-western United States. He performed for Vice President Quayle, Ambassadors Shirley Temple Black and Walter Mondale, as well as the ambassadors to West Germany, Turkey, and Hungary. He also played at the 1990 Montreux and North Sea Jazz Festivals. Vince has played with drummer Ed Thigpen; trumpeters Bobby Shew, Clark Terry, Jon Faddis, and Jeff Tyzik; saxophonist Ernie Watts; and vocalist Maureen McGovern.  He has recorded numerous CDs with the military bands and is principal bassist on the PDQ Bach recording “Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion” (Grammy award CD).  He has also played with the Williamsburg (VA) Symphonia, the Richmond (VA) Symphony Orchestra, the Virginia Beach Philharmonic, the Kunitachi (Japan) City Orchestra, the OB (Tokyo, Japan) Symphony Orchestra, and the Heidelberg (Germany) Chamber Orchestra.  Besides his work as a bassist, he has written over 100 musical arrangements for various ensembles.

Mr. Osborn is the assistant principal bassist of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra and principal bassist of the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra and the Center for Early Music Orchestra at the College of St. Scholastica. He is currently pursuing a graduate degree in double bass performance through the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he taught classical and jazz bass from 2000-2008.