Caleb Quillen

Recognized for his artistry and versatility, double bassist Caleb Quillen joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra as its Principal Double Bass in September 2025. Quillen maintains a dynamic career in both orchestral and chamber music. A member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra beginning in the 2023–24 season after seven seasons with the Kansas City Symphony, he has also performed with the Chicago Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, and New York Philharmonic orchestras. Quillen studied at Rice University with Paul Ellison and Tim Pitts and at the New England Conservatory with BSO double bassist Lawrence Wolfe and with Donald Palma. A Tanglewood Music Center Fellow in 2015 and 2016, he was awarded the Maurice Schwarz Prize and performed with musicians of the Ozawa Academy Switzerland. In 2016, he was also a fellow in the New York Philharmonic Global Academy.