Thomas Van Dyck has been a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s double bass section since January 2013. An avid chamber musician, he became a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society (BCMS) in 2021 and has played chamber music at the Mostly Mozart Festival, New York City’s Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center among many others. Additionally, he is a member of the self-conducted East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) that is of comprised top solo, chamber, and orchestral string players from around the country. Van Dyck has played with the Borromeo, Ying, Lydian, and Parker string quartets and was a founding member of A Far Cry chamber orchestra. Van Dyck received his bachelor’s degree at Rice University studying with Paul Ellison and his master’s at Boston University with Ed Barker. In addition to enjoying a diverse performing career, Van Dyck enjoys and values teaching. He is on the string faculty of New England Conservatory and Boston University. In his spare time, he likes to ride bicycles and spend time in the mountains, but most of all loves spending time with his wife and two young boys