COMPOSERS
Alex Heitlinger, Ben Lindenburg & Jonathan Saraga

SAXOPHONES
Ben Kono, Michael Thomas, Evan Harris, Jason Rigby & Carl Maraghi

TRUMPETS
Tony Kadleck, John Lake, Michael Dudley & Dave Adewumi

TROMBONES
Nick Grinder, Joe Giorgano, Sam Blakeslee & Reggie Chapman

RHYTHM
Carmen Staaf – piano
Olli Hirvonen – guitar
Evan Gregor – bass
John Sturino – drums

The Jazz Composers’ Showcase features young composers conducting performances of their large ensemble works. Three featured composers share the same ensemble at each showcase, which allows them to overcome the financial hurdle of maintaining a large ensemble to perform their compositions. Curated by Miho Hazama, this showcase features Alex Heitlinger, Ben Lindenburg and Jonathan Saraga.