Jay Campbell, cello (Berkley, CA) is the only musician to receive two Avery Fisher Career Grants — in 2016 as a soloist, and again in 2019 as a member of the JACK Quartet. Jay made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in 2013 and worked with Alan Gilbert in 2016 as the artistic director for Ligeti Forward, a series featured on the New York Philharmonic Biennale at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2017, he was Artist-in-Residence at the Lucerne Festival along with violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, later appearing together in recital at New York's Park Avenue Armory and the Ojai Music Festival. In 2018, he made his Berlin debut at the Berlin Philharmonie with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Future highlights include the Italian premiere of Luca Francesconi's cello concerto Das Ding Singt at Milano Musica, recording Marc-Andre Dalbavie's cello concerto with the Seattle Symphony, and a new cello concerto by Andreia Pinto-Correia. Adjacent to his performing life, he was invited to be co-curator in 2019 with composer John Adams for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella series.

Jay has worked with Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter, Matthias Pintscher, John Adams, Kaija Saariaho, Chaya Czernowin, and Georg Friedrich Haas. His close association with John Zorn resulted in the 2015 release of Hen to Pan (Tzadik) featuring all works written for Jay. Jay is a member of the JACK Quartet as well as the JCT Trio with violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Conrad Tao. Past Yellow Barn musician (2011, 2012)