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Bassist

New York State based First-Call Bass Player, Dave Welsch, has been been performing all styles of music for nearly 60 years.

He has been featured on both Electric and Acoustic Basses in Jazz, Pop, Rock, Country, Folk, and Musical Theater.  He holds a B.A. in Music from the State University of New York at Oswego.

Continuing a relationship and collaborations spanning more than 30 years, Dave recently toured with Grammy Award winning artist, Victor Wooten and The Wooten Woods Experience, featured on Bass, Trumpet, and Vocals.

Musical Theater

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Group Performance

Sweeney Todd

The Addams Family

Pippin

Newsies

Little Shop of Horrors

Evita

Les Miserables

Sweet Charity

Godspell

Anything Goes

Crazy For You

Fiddler on the Roof

Grease

Schrek

Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me

Matilda

Gypsy

The Wedding Singer

Cinderella

The Wiz

Hair

Bye Bye Birdie

 Ain't Misbehavin'

Mack & Mabel

Guys and Dolls

The King and I

Oliver!

Lightshine

The Pasta Place

Carnival!

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

Baby

Rapunzel

Chicago

All Shook Up

Nightclub Confidential

Good News

Carnival!

Damn Yankees

Grand Hotel

The Trial of The Big Bad Wolf

Bus Stop Review

Brigadoon

Rhythmization

My Favorite Year

Oklahoma!

Once Upon a Mattress

Lucky Stiff

The Robber Bridegroom

The Al Martino Show

Damn Yankees

Pirates of Penzance

My Fair Lady

Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

An Evening with Julius LaRosa

Flavors of Freedom

Finian's Rainbow

An Evening with Craig Schulman

Once Upon a Mattress

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The Victor Wooten Band

Dave Welsch Trio JAZZ

Anthony Joseph Swingtet

John Dare Trio

The Cortini Bros.

The Swing Kats

Longwood Jazz Project

Slow Burn

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CNY Jazz Collective

Ronnie Leigh Quartet

Bill Dicosimo Trio

Maria DeAngelis Group

Oswego Jazz Project

Monk Rowe Trio

Brazil 2-5-1

Frank Sacci Big Band

Freefall

Carl Mano Quartet

Exact Change

The Skyliners

Andy Mider Quartet

Jerry Michaels Ensemble

Mario DeSantis Orchestra