Tyler Shepherd has been Principal Double Bass of the Welsh
National Opera since 2012. He has appeared as Principal with many
orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen
Filharmoniske Orkester, BBC Scottish Symphony and the City of
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
As a teacher he is a tutor for the Britten-Pears Orchestra and
has been a guest at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music,
Birmingham Conservatoire and James Madison University.
Recent chamber engagements include the Corbridge Chamber Music
Festival, Fishguard Festival, and the Penarth Chamber Music
Festival, alongside the Gould Trio and David Adams. He has appeared
as soloist with the Chattanooga Symphony
and the City of Cardiff Symphony Orchestra.
Tyler studied at Boston University, Boston Conservatory and
Walnut Hill School for the Arts. His primary teachers have been
Edwin Barker, Dennis Roy and Steve Zeserman.