Scott Pingel has been principal bass of the San Francisco Symphony since 2004. An active chamber musician, he has collaborated with luminaries including Yo-Yo Ma, Wu Han, and members of the Emerson, Miro, Pacifica, St. Lawrence, Danish, and Takacs Quartets. Pingel has performed in jazz clubs from New York to Stockholm, and his solo performances with Metallica were hailed as “show stopping” and “jaw dropping” by Rolling Stone and Variety magazines. He has taught masterclasses throughout North America, Asia, and Europe, served as a tenured Associate Professor of Music at the University of Michigan, and is currently a faculty member of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.