Description

This concert features a faculty and student ensemble from Rockport Music’s summer jazz workshop Students selected to be part of this high-level intensive group–the Jazz messengers–have a unique daily schedule where they study advanced jazz performance, gain jazz education experience by taking on a Teaching Assistant role, and cultivate leadership skills through performance opportunities. Learn more

ABOUT ALEXA TARANTINO

The vibrant and versatile jazz saxophone & woodwind artist has been triple-nominated as a Rising Star Alto Saxophonist by Downbeat Magazine’s Critics’ Poll from 2020-2022, was named one of the Top 5 Alto Saxophonists of 2019 by the JazzTimes Critics’ Poll, and was one of 100 alumni to receive the Centennial Award from the Eastman School of Music (2022). Alexa “lights up rooms when she [plays]” (JazzTimes). Her radiant spirit and artistry uplifts and inspires her audiences one performance at a time.