Award-winning trombonist and composer Naomi Moon Siegel has "crafted a truly unique aesthetic, combining elements of straightahead, fusion and modern jazz with world-music flavors in a way that sounds entirely of the 21st century" (JAZZIZ). She is committed to exploring the trombone as a vehicle for sonic expression colored by breath, spit, and physicality. As a composer and bandleader, Siegel has released two albums to critical acclaim, Shoebox View on Break Open Records in 2016, and Live at Earshot on Slow and Steady Records in 2019. Her third album, produced by Siegel and Allison Miller, is slated to come out in 2024, drawing inspiration from themes such as climate change, grief, and joy.

After the release of Siegel’s debut album, she formed the Naomi Moon Siegel Ensemble in 2016 to present the album’s compositions in live performance. Playing Siegel’s original music, the band employs deep grooves, soaring melodies, fantastical soundscapes, creative interplay, and free improvisation. Siegel cultivates fertile ground for the band members to bring in their dynamic voices. The ensemble has performed around the United States at the Earshot Jazz Festival, Roulette, Upstream Music Festival, Sunburst Performing Arts Series, Cornish at Amazon Summer Concert Series, Missoula Art Museum, The Royal Room, Nocturne, An Die Musik, Freddy’s Bar, The Jazz Station, Center for New Music, Art Boutiki, Sidebar NOLA, and KNKX Radio Station. 

Siegel has been an active performer and recording artist in the Northwest United States music scene since moving to the west coast in 2006. She is a longtime collaborator with Wayne Horvitz, and has also performed with such luminaries as Jessica Lurie, Carmen Staaf, March Fourth Marching Band, Allison Miller, Julian Priester, Stuart Dempster, Skerik, and Thione Diop. With saxophonist Kate Olson, Siegel formed the folk punk jazz duo Syrinx Effect, which has released 4 albums and performed around the United States.

A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Siegel has received the Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Hero Award, Montana Art Council’s Artist Innovation Award, Chamber Music America’s Performance Plus Grant, and an Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award for Emerging Artist of the Year. She is a member of Mutual Mentorship for Musicians 4th cohort— a program started by Sara Serpa and Jen Shyu to empower historically underrepresented gender identities in music. Deeply influenced by the natural world and various global music traditions, Siegel has created her own musical retreats in The Gambia, Senegal, and Costa Rica, to slow down, absorb environmental sounds, learn local music traditions, and build her original composition library.   

Siegel, currently an adjunct professor of trombone at the University of Montana, is a dedicated music educator. She teaches guest artist clinics and private lessons, and is a faculty member of the Stanford Jazz Workshop Jazz Summer Camp. Siegel is a committed advocate for intersectional gender justice in jazz and music settings, leading workshops around the United States to build awareness and work towards positive systemic shifts in our music culture.

A small group of intrepid young musicians who play piano, violin, or oboe and explore music through instrumental study, improvisation, and composition. Led by instructor Breana Gilcher.

Gabie Strong is an artist, experimental musician, and dj from Los Angeles. Shows and tour info: http://www.gabiestrong.com/news
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