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August Ramos is currently an adjunct professor of double bass performance at the University
of Northern Colorado, a position he has held since January 2024. He is also a double
bass section member of the Colorado Symphony since 2020. He has been a substitute
musician at the New World Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, and the Houston Symphony,
as well as a member of the Cape Symphony, and KINETIC, the Conductorless Ensemble.
August grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He began studying the double bass at age
12 under the tutelage of Randy Wong and in high school studied with Irving Steinberg.
He continued his studies at Rice University first with Timothy Pitts, and then with
Paul Ellison to receive his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Double Bass Performance.
He has received fellowships at multiple festivals, including the Music Academy of
the West, the Tanglewood Music Center, the Aspen Music Festival and School, and the
Contemporary Performance Institute.
August previously served on the faculty of the University of Wyoming.
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