Los Angeles Jazz Society Presents:

YOUNG MUSICIANS SHOWCASE – 

featuring:

SAOIRSE SIPES & THE FUSION FIVE

Saoirse Sipes, drums

Michael Islas – Bass

Josh Wong – Piano

Jack Lieberman – Saxophone

Luciano Soriano – Trombone and Bandleader

Julie Berghofer – Host

Saoirse Sipes is a 17 year old up-and-coming jazz drummer from Thousand Oaks, California. He is a junior at Thousand Oaks High School, and additionally studies at the Colburn School where he plays in their 2 top jazz ensembles: the award-winning Thursday Night Band and the Big Band. Saoirse is a 2024 and 2025 YoungArts winner in Jazz, as well as a 2024 semifinalist in the Music Center’s Spotlight Competition. In 2024, he was selected as an alternate for the prestigious Vail Jazz Workshop as well as Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz Orchestra. He also earned a chair in the 2024 CA All-State HS Jazz Band as well as the 2024 SCSBOA Jazz All-Stars

He currently studies drums under Charles Ruggiero and Roy McCurdy, and is/has been mentored by a wide variety of jazz luminaries, from Obed Calvaire to Terell Stafford.

The Fusion Five, led by award-winning trombonist, LAJS alumni, and current Juilliard student Luciano Soriano, will be performing a set of original music written by the band members. They recently recorded an album in August that is set to release in the new year.

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Thanks to a grant from the ADLER DEUTSCH FOUNDATION and HERB ALPERT FOUNDATION, the performance is FREE to watch VIRTUALLY. There is no cost to view this live performance but registration is required to obtain your ZOOM log-in information – however – your donations are vital to our ability to continue these broadcasts and whatever you can give would be totally appreciated.

Once you register, you will be sent information as to how to access this fabulous program. ZOOM log-ins will be sent approximately one hour before the performance.

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to help support our programs and ongoing operations.

The Los Angeles Jazz Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping jazz alive, especially focused on our youth, through education, music programs, presenting ‘Jazz in Schools’, the Bill Green Mentorship Program, the Jeff Clayton Memorial New Note commission, and more. Visit us for more information or to join and support our efforts. www.lajazz.org