Marissa is a Classically & Jazz trained trumpet player from Chicago, IL. Earned her B.A. in Instrumental K-12 Music Ed. from the University of Illinois. Over the past decade she has been a Band and Orchestra Director throughout Chicago and Washington. On faculty for the Girls Ellington Project, the largest all girl big band in Seattle for Jazz Ed. Additionally a coach for the Seattle Jazz Repertory Program in many south Seattle schools. Currently an in demand studio and freelance performer with many premier bands, as well as a film composer/sound designer and recording artist.
