BIO Tisha Simeral is a professional bassist who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. She plays electric bass and string bass with a wide variety of artists including guitarist Mel Deal, country artist Eric Heatherly, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Brian Ashley Jones, veteran rocker Ron Keel, "edu-tainer" Joel Reese and vocalist Christina Watson. She has performed on the General Jackson Showboat and played with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra String Quintet and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Pops. Her arrangements and compositions have been performed by 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. She is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the International Society of Bassists and Women in Music Columbus. (rev. 03/08/07)