Max Winningham is a performer, composer, and improvisor born in Houston, Texas. After graduating from Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Max went on to receive his BMA in Double Bass Performance from Northwestern University. Though his primary training is classical, his pursuits include a wide variety of genres and sensibilities, including electronics, world music, and jazz. Max has performed in international festivals, concerts, and conventions in countries such as France, Canada and Switzerland— and in 2018 was awarded the International Rabbath Institute de Paris (IRIP) performance and teaching certificates, as well as one of the Artist-in-Residence positions at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris. In 2022 his piece Tabula Rasa was chosen for the International Society of Bassist’s grand prize in composition for an unaccompanied solo work for double bass. He is presently studying at Baylor University with Sandor Ostlund, Scott McAllister, and Ben Johansen, working toward two separate master’s degrees in music performance and composition.