BIO Tisha Simeral is a professional musician who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. She is the bassist for Americana artist Brian Ashley Jones and has played double bass and electric bass with a wide variety of artists including bluegrass musician Louisa Branscomb, jazz guitarist Mel Deal, country artist Eric Heatherly, singer / songwriter Sara Hickman and veteran rocker Ron Keel. She has performed on the Gaylord Opryland General Jackson Showboat and played with the Orchestra Nashville String Quintet and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Pops. Her arrangements and compositions have been performed by jazz trombonist Sarah Morrow, the Women in Music Columbus Orchestra and String Sinfonia, the Land of Legend Philharmonic and the Prevailing Winds Quintet. Tisha began playing professionally in 1992. She earned a bachelor of music degree in jazz performance from The Ohio State University in 1995, graduating magna cum laude and receiving the College of the Arts Excellence in the Arts Award. Following graduation, Tisha freelanced in the Central Ohio area and toured with Rolando Matias’ Afro-Rican Ensemble. She taught electric bass, double bass, jazz combo and popular music history at Capital University and was an artist in the Greater Columbus Arts Council's Artists-in-Schools program. Her professional affiliations include the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the International Society of Bassists and Women in Music Columbus. Tisha Simeral endorses EMG Pickups and Messina Covers instrument bags. (rev. 08/27/08)

Moxie
“March of the Toys”
The Gift...To the Homeless From Local Artists (1997)
Executive Producers: Gabor Klein and Brett Gilbert

The OSU Jazz Ensemble
“Round on the Ends and High in the Middle”
The OSU Tailgate CD (1993)
Produced by John Tatgenhorst