#11 Alexa Tarantino

Alexa Tarantino is an award-winning jazz saxophonist, woodwind
doubler, composer, and educator. She performs and tours regularly
as a leader and sidewoman in a wide variety of ensembles and
genres including Wynton Marsalis & The Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra, Cécile McLorin Salvant's OGRESSE, Arturo O’Farrill
& The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Sherrie Maricle & the
DIVA Jazz Orchestra, LSAT, and the Alexa Tarantino Quartet


Alexa is an artist on the Posi-Tone Records label. Which released
her debut record Winds of Change, in May 2019


Tarantino is currently on faculty for Jazz at Lincoln Center's
Youth Programs and previously served as Jazz Saxophone Instructor
at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She holds a master’s degree
in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School and bachelor’s degrees
in Jazz Saxophone Performance and Music Education from the
Eastman School of Music. Tarantino travels


across the globe as a guest clinician and adjudicator, and is the
Founder and Director of the Rockport Jazz Workshop.


https://alexatarantino.com/