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Caleb Dillon-Murray

Born: October 26, 1988

Caleb Dillon-Murray is a saxophonist and composer presiding in the San Francisco Bay Area. While in school, he primarily studied both jazz and classical saxophone, though he has played with all sorts of different ensembles, including blues bands, gospel, Latin, Reggae, hip-hop groups, and Arabic music. Caleb has a Bachelor's Degree from Hope College under direction of Brian Coyle and has a Master's Degree in Jazz Composition from the University of South Florida under direction of Charles Owen.

After working on cruise lines for a while after school, he came back to the Bay Area and released his first album, "Jammin' Through December" with a band he formed called Blue Horizon. He also joined a variety of bands, including the California-Reggae band, "Coast Tribe",  where he recorded 2 albums, and the Blue Band "The Delta Wires", where he recorded 1 album.

Kaisa Mäensivu

Kaisa Mäensivu is a Finnish double bass player and composer. She is currently based in New York, where she finished her Master's degree at the highly acclaimed Manhattan School of Music in May 2017. She studied under the guidance of teachers and professors such as Dave Liebman and Jay Anderson. Prior to moving to New York, Kaisa studied at the prestigious Sibelius Academy Jazz Department with professor Jukkis Uotila and Ville Herrala. \

During her career, Kaisa has been awarded multiple awards and grants. In 2018, Kaisa was awarded as the Rising Star at the Pori Jazz Festival

Nick Adema

Born: October 21, 1999

Nick Adema is a Canadian trombonist/composer currently based in Amsterdam. Nick obtained his undergraduate degree in jazz performance at the University of Toronto. While attending this school, Nick had the honors of receiving the Albert & Wilhelmine Francis Renewable Scholarship (UofT Faculty full scholarship). While at the Toronto school, he filled the lead trombone chair in the University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra, and the Bass trombone chair in the University of Toronto 12tet. While at the school, they recorded a full length album with the UTJO entitled Embargo. Nick is currently completing his masters degree in Jazz Performance at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA). Growing up in Ottawa, Nick started to find his musical voice by playing with youth groups such as the Nepean All-City Jazz Band, the Ottawa Youth Orchestra, the Conn Selmer Big Band, and the Capital Youth Jazz Orchestra