Actor, singer, songwriter, voice artist, audio engineer, designer and entertainer Jase Ess has been making waves across multiple industries since leaving Concordia College.
Starting out in the entertainment industry at age five, Jase was featured in TV and radio campaigns for Farmers Union and the SA John Martin's Christmas Pageant. Jase studied drama at Johnny Young Talent School (now Mighty Good Talent School), followed by performing in several musicals in Adelaide. Jase has studied under the instruction of the now former Head of Acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (N.I.D.A), Mr. Tony Knight.
In the late 90s, Jase started hosting radio at 88.5 Coast FM and later helped start Fresh FM 92.7. After six years on air at Fresh and DJ’ing around Adelaide, Jase moved to Sydney and it was there that he met and worked with Nick Jay on ‘I Don't Give A Damn’ which reached #11 on the ARIA Dance Charts in 2006.
In 2014, Jase and the Learning Team from Optus won the Australia Institute of Training and Development (AITD) for 'Best Implementation of a Blended Learning Solution’.
In 2016, Jase was the Platinum winner for ‘Best eLearning Design – Audio’ from the LearnX Impact Awards for his work with NewsCorp Australia.
At the end of 2020, Jase played the 'Mysterious Man' in 'Into the Woods' by Elephant in the Room productions, held in the Adelaide Botanical Gardens, sponsored by the Adelaide Botanic Gardens and the Government of South Australia as part of the Botanica Lumina Festival.
Between November 2021 to April 2022, Jase took part in an artistic collaboration by the Queensland Museum, as part of the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT:10). Working with Aotearoa (New Zealand) based artist Shannon Novak, Jase was commissioned to create a musical soundscape as a response to the visual artworks by Novak and the three humpback whale sculptures permanently suspended from the ceiling within 'The Whale Mall', a transitional space between the Gallery of Modern Art, and the Queensland Museum buildings.
In late 2022, Jase released Blurry - a soulful pop ballad with gritty beats blended with orchestral elements, and combined with deep suspended reverb vibes and melodic vocal harmonies.
In November 2022, the collaboration project Two Tone Heart with fellow SAE graduate and multi-instrumentalist Andrew D released their debut single Victory, followed by Rendezvous. March 2023 saw Jase release his EDM album, Portals.
At the 2023 South Australian Music Awards, Jase won the 'Neville Clark Award' for outstanding achievement and dedication to the South Australian music industry. Jase was also nominated for two People’s Choice awards for his solo work on Blurry and Portals, and for his Two Tone Heart collaboration.
As an actor, Jase has worked on Home and Away, Cate Blanchett’s Stateless, the hit Chinese TV series If Time Flows Back, Bad Boy Bubby and shot scenes for the ABC comedy Aftertaste with Erik Thompson besides many others.
As a working voice over artist, Jase has worked with brands including Optus, Uni of NSW, Rabobank, Fortescue, Vodafone, Toowoomba Council, NewsCorp Australia, BHP, Clipsal, Schneider Electric and the Leukaemia Foundation.
Jase will be releasing his classical crossover album in 2024.
You can read more about Jase at his website.