Student 2021 Class > Dylan McHann Dylan McHann Dylan is an upcoming junior at the Frost School in Miami, Florida. He has been playing the saxophone for 10 years and begun to play jazz music in middle and high school. Since then, Dylan has been a

Student 2021 Class > Brian Lawrence Brian Lawrence Brian Lawrence was born and raised in Bellevue, Washington, and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Equally skilled on both piano and woodwinds, Brian cherishes the opportunity to be a multi-instrumentalist. Brian is currently a Graduate Assistant in

Student 2021 Class > Sam Keedy Sam Keedy Born and raised into a family of classical musicians and educators, trombonist Sam Keedy grew up surrounded by music. After picking up the trombone at age 11 under the guidance of the illustrious trombonist Paul Mckee, Sam moved from

Student 2021 Class > Elay Kadosh Elay Kadosh Elay Kadosh was born, raised, and has been living and studying in Tel Aviv, Israel. At the age of 13, after listening to a Paul Chambers record, Elay fell head over heels in love with this music and

Student 2021 Class > Matt Incontro Matt Incontro Matt Incontro is a saxophonist, reed musician, and composer from Buffalo, NY. In 2016 he moved to Rochester and began studying jazz performance at the Eastman School of Music. Matt recently graduated from his undergraduate studies and moved

Student 2021 Class > Joe Block Joe Block Joe Block is a pianist, composer, arranger, educator, and bandleader. He began playing classical piano at the age of two before switching to jazz in middle school. While growing up in Philadelphia, a city with a rich jazz tradition

Student 2021 Class > Marisa Webster Marisa Webster Marisa Webster, a native of Orange Park, Florida a suburb outside of Jacksonville, is a trumpeter, composer, arranger, entrepreneur, and music educator. Ever since beginning the trumpet in the seventh-grade, music has been a passion in her life.

Student 2021 Class > Joseph Trahan Joseph Trahan Joseph Trahan is a baritone saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger, and educator based in Denton, Texas. He recently received his Jazz Studies degree from the University of North Texas, where he studied under Brad Leali. During his time at UNT,

Student 2021 Class > Ely Perlman Ely Perlman Ely Perlman (b.1999) is a guitarist, composer and arranger from Tel Aviv, Israel. He graduated with distinction from the Jazz Department of the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts. He will begin his studies next fall at Berklee

Student 2021 Class > Jasim Perales Jasim Perales Trombonist Jasim Perales, a native of Oakland, California, started playing trombone in the fourth grade, and was exposed to jazz while attending the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music Summer Program, under the tutelage of Angela Wellman. He furthered his