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John Jadus is an active free-lance musician in both symphonic and commercial fields and holds a Master of Music degree from Temple University. As a symphonic musician Mr. Jadus has performed and recorded with the Louisville Orchestra under both Robert Whitney and Jorge Mester.  In addition, he performed on bassoon with the Louisville Woodwind Quintet.  He has also played bassoon with the National Ballet of Canada during their summer residency at Lincoln Center in New York and toured with the Pennsylvania Ballet.  Mr. Jadus has also performed with a large number of orchestras including Harrisburg Symphony, Delaware Orchestra, Reading Symphony, Reading Pops, and Ocean City (NJ) Pops. 

John Jadus has been first bassoonist with Kennett Symphony of Chester County since 1975. For 10 years he has been a member of La Chambre D’Anches, a reed trio active in Delaware.  The trio has toured in the East and Midwest including a performance for a national convention of college instrumental music teachers.  La Chambre D’Anches served as artists in residence at the Maryland Center for the Arts and have commissioned a piece for reed trio and narrator titled “Max and Moritz” that was performed at Wolf Trap in Virginia. 

John Jadus doubles on carinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, and flute and has played in the pit orchestras of the Pennsylvania Ballet, the DuPont Playhouse Theater in Wilmington, the Walnut Street Theater and the Mann Center in Philadelphia, the Brandywiners, Harrisburg Opera, and various other opera and ballet productions.

Jadus has also performed in various big bands including Myron Floren, Bob Crosby, Benny Goodman, Sammy Kaye, Ray McKinley, and in 1985 he played the inaugural ball of President Reagan with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.