A native of upstate New York, George Chase attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While living in Philadelphia, he performed with the Philadelphia Opera, the Harrisburg Symphony, and the Philadelphia Brassworks. During the summers, he performed with the Berkshire Opera in Lee, Massachusetts. Following his graduation from Curtis, Mr. Chase moved to Houston, Texas to attend Rice University. After his graduation from Rice, he joined the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico in Toluca, Mexico as associate principal trumpet. Upon his return to the U.S., he began performing with area groups such as the Houston Grand Opera, Houston Bach Society, Houston Chamber Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Theater Under the Stars, and Houston Ballet.  Mr. Chase served for nearly 10 years as an Affiliate Artist at the University of Houston Moores School of Music, where he taught trumpet, coached chamber music and performed in the Moores Brass Quintet. Mr. Chase is a member of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, the ROCO Brass Quintet, Opera in the Heights, and Jazz Forever.  He frequently performs with the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet.  He also has served on the Houston Youth Symphony Advisory Board, and the Curtis Institute of Music Alumni Council.  He lives in Houston, in the Woodland Heights with his wife Vanessa Chase, a piano teacher, and their daughter Kai.