Rick Jarvela

Rick has been an active bass player in the Puget Sound area since 1978. He has performed with the Tacoma Symphony, Olympia Symphony, Olympia Chamber Orchestra, Sweatband, Mood Swing, Size 3 and The Hot Five. His Harlequin credits include Tenderly, Man of La Mancha, First Date, Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, Assassins, A Rock N’ Roll Twelfth Night, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dancin’ In The Streets, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sixties Chicks, Sixties Kicks! and so many Stardust shows that he has lost count! Rick currently performs with the Jazz Senators, teaches private lessons and performs as a freelance bassist. Rick wishes to thank his wife Kay, and kids Nicole and Aaron for their continued support.

In 26 seasons and 47 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Survival Guide (Bass) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Dexter Brown / bass, Dexter Brown, Bass) A Stardust Homecoming (Dexter Brown (bass)) Arcadia (Acoustic Bass) Assassins (Bass) Cabaret (Bass) Dancin' in the Aisles (Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Bass) First Date (Bass) Forever Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Fun Home (Bass) Hundred Days (Bass) Jesus Christ Superstar (Bass) Let the Good Times Roll! (Bass) Little Shop of Horrors (Bass) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Bass) Man of La Mancha (Tenorio/Tuba) Operation Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass) Operation: Stardust (Private Dexter Brown, bass) Phantom of the Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) Sixties Chicks (Bass) Sixties Chicks Too (Bass) Sixties Kicks! (self) Soul on Fire! (Bass) Stardust for Christmas (Dexter Brown, Bass, Alber Jenson) Stardust for Emily Jean (Dexter Brown, bass) Stardust Radio Review (Dexter Brown, bass) Summer in the Sixties (Bass) Swingtime Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Bass) Tenderly (Bass) The 1940s Radio Hour (Bass) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Christopher Lyon, bass) The Rocky Horror Show (Bass) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Dexter Brown, Bass) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Albert Jenson) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass)