Alumni

Workshop Alumni

Over the past 26 years, the Vail Jazz Workshop has mentored over 300 of the nation’s most talented high school musicians. The dozen slots available annually at the workshop are among the most coveted music scholarships for pre-college jazz students. Workshop graduates have garnered industry-wide recognition, contributing to over 100 Grammy-nominated projects, headlining major festivals worldwide, and winning awards from Grammys to Emmys and more.

Keep up with the Workshop Alumni, read about upcoming performances, and listen to new music releases in the Alumni Happenings. 

Levi Rozek

Trumpet

Class of 2022
Cosmo Lieberman

Alto Saxophone

Class of 2022
Alex Heidelbaugh

Trombone

Class of 2022
Lorenzo Wolczko

Bass

Class of 2022
William Schwartzman

Piano

Class of 2022
Zeb Jewell-Alibhai

Trumpet

Class of 2022
Ben Schwartz

Drums

Class of 2022
Ruby Farmer

Bass

Class of 2022
Luke Ramee

Trombone

Class of 2022
Noah Buckner

Drums

Class of 2022
Lucas Perry

Piano

Class of 2022
Aidan Farrell

Saxophone

Class of 2022
Nicklas Caldwell

Saxophone

Class of 2021
Cameron Davidson

Trumpet

Class of 2021
Aviel Del Rosario

Bass

Class of 2021
Matthew Fu

Drums

Class of 2021
Andrew Kim

Trombone

Class of 2021
JJ Lybbert

Drums

Class of 2021
Laura Simone Martin

Bass

Class of 2021
Alex Perry

Piano

Class of 2021
George Rogers

Saxophone

Class of 2021
Brahm Sasner

Piano

Class of 2021
Luciano Soriano

Trombone

Class of 2021
Skylar Tang

Trumpet

Class of 2021
Tyler Bullock

Piano

Class of 2020
Coleman Burks

Drums

Class of 2020
Aidan Doyle

Trombone

Class of 2020
Jeremiah Edwards

Bass

Class of 2020
Allen Green

Alto Saxophone

Class of 2020
Hana Kellin

Trumpet

Class of 2020
Denali Kauffman

Piano

Class of 2020
Sophia Kickhofel

Alto Saxophone

Class of 2020
Aidan McCarthy

Bass

Class of 2020
Jacob Smith

Drums

Class of 2020
Jack Towse

Trumpet

Class of 2020
Dan Ventura

Piano

Class of 2020
Ethan Avery

Trumpet

Class of 2019
Natalie Barbieri

Saxophone

Class of 2019
Nico Colucci

Saxophone

Class of 2019
Benny Conn

Trombone

Class of 2019
Seth Finch

Piano

Class of 2019
Gavin Gray

Bass

Class of 2019
Anton Kot

Drums

Class of 2019
Jett Lim

Trombone

Class of 2019
Max Nierlich

Trumpet

Class of 2019
Joey Ranieri

Bass

Class of 2019
Miguel Russell

Drums

Class of 2019
Vittorio Stropoli

Piano

Class of 2019
Ian Banno

Bass

Class of 2018
Willie Bays

Saxophone

Class of 2018
Dario Bizio

Bass

Class of 2018
Summer Camargo

Trumpet

Class of 2018
Esteban Castro

Piano

Class of 2018
Joey Curreri

Trumpet

Class of 2018
Varun Das

Drums

Class of 2018
Nate Jones

Trombone

Class of 2018
Eugene Kim

Piano

Class of 2018
Michael Manasseh

Drums

Class of 2018
Zach Niess

Trombone

Class of 2018
Coby Petricone-Berg

Saxophone

Class of 2018
Marvin Carter

Saxophone

Class of 2017
Ari Chais

Piano

Class of 2017
Clay Eshleman

Piano

Class of 2017
Ben Feldman

Bass

Class of 2017
Christopher Ferrari

Saxophone

Class of 2017
Geoffrey Gallante

Trumpet

Class of 2017
Peter Glynn

Drums

Class of 2017
Tony Golden

Bass

Class of 2017
Zach Guzman Mejia

Trombone

Class of 2017
James Haddad

Trumpet

Class of 2017
Sam Keedy

Trombone

Class of 2017
Kofi Shepsu

Drums

Class of 2017