Jason DePue is a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, he has an active violin studio teaching regularly since 1998. His students have enjoyed full tuition scholarships to top music schools such as Juilliard, Starling Scholarship opportunities, and many enjoy successful careers as independant performing musicians and teachers in their own right. 

Active as a violinist, violist and mandolinist, Jason continues musical collaborations ranging from chamber music to special collaborations. He also concertizes with The DePue Brothers Band. For one of the Philadelphia Orchestra's Opening Night Galas, The DePue Brothers Band were honored to be guests in which four original arrangements of Jason's were premiered. His newest album, “Spanish Essentials for Violin and Piano” is now available. Additionally the DePue Brothers Band celebrates their seasonal album, “When It’s Christmas Time” in which the band performs live on tour, selections from this album as part of their enjoyable "Magical, Grassical Christmas" tour. In leadership roles, Jason was concertmaster of the 1999 New York String Seminar under Jamie Laredo, the Symphony Orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music under Otto-Werner Mueller, the Verbier Festival Orchestra of Switzerland, and the Music Symphony Festival Orchestra in Chautauqua, NY. 

Jason attended the Isaac Stern Workshop at Carnegie Hall, Jerusalem Music Encounters in Israel, the Steans Institute at Ravinia, The La Jolla, Kingston, Sarasota, Chautauqua, Encore, and St. Barth's chamber music festivals. He has soloed with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Cleveland Philharmonic, Columbus, Toledo, Lima, and Springfield of Ohio Symphonies; the Chautauqua Youth (NY), and WYSO (Interlochen) orchestras, among others. 

Jason DePue was born and raised in Bowling Green, Ohio. He is grateful to be a protege of the following four violin teachers: Boris Brant (from 1981-86; documentation on Mr. Brant is in the book "Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician"), Vasile Beluska (from 1986-1995; Professor of Violin at Bowling Green State University and participant in the original Jascha Heifetz masterclasses), David Cerone (from 1995-2000; Founder of Encore School for Strings), and William de Pasquale from 2000-2012; former 2nd Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra). 

Jason DePue plays on a beautiful French violin made by Charles Francois Gand, France, ca 1825.