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Olivia Meyer
About Me
Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Olivia Meyer first encountered the tenor saxophone when
looking under her father’s bedroom dresser. There she discovered a large black case
covered with dust containing a Mark VI. After playing that, she chose to pursue the
saxophone.
Beginning at the age of nine, Olivia played and studied in the programs provided by the
inner city schools she attended. She began private lessons in classical and jazz piano and
ultimately jazz and classical saxophone. By the age of fifteen, she was splitting her time
between the School of the Arts and the Eastman School of Music, studying music history,
theory, jazz composition, and classical and jazz saxophone. A member of the Eastman
Youth Jazz Orchestra, she also worked and studied regularly with the following prestigious
visiting artists: Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, Paquito D’Rivera, Victor Goines, Wycliffe
Gordon, Vincent Herring, Pat Labarbera, Ralph Lalama, Joe Locke, Gerry Niewood, and
Grant Stewart.
After graduating from the School of the Arts, Olivia received a scholarship to attend the
Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, where she is currently in her second year. She has
played gigs in and around Rochester, and is currently headlining a quartet as a part of the
new “Birth of La Femme” series at Wally’s Jazz Café in Boston.