Eilliot Bild

Sun Jun 20 2021 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Cosmic Cafe & Catering | Philadelphia

Cosmic Cafe & Catering
Publisher/HostCosmic Cafe & Catering
Eilliot Bild
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Originally from Chicago, trumpeter, educator and composer Elliot Bild got his undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University where he studied with Scott Cowan, Andrew Rathbun and Edward Simon. Shortly after, he completed his Masters Degree from Temple University where he studied with John Swana, Terell Stafford and Dick Oatts. In August 2017, Elliot was selected along with 14 other fellows to participate in the Ravinia Steins Music Institute, a week-long workshop focusing on composition where he worked with Rufus Reid, Nathan Davis and Billy Childs. Later that summer, Elliot attended the Banff Workshop for Jazz and Creative Music, where he had the chance to work with Gary Bartz, Jeremy Pelt, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Robin Eubanks and Tia Fuller, among others. In the Summer of 2018, Elliot was a sub trumpeter for the touring Big Apple Circus and became faculty of the Litchfield Jazz Camp. In April of 2019, Elliot was commissioned to write a big band piece for the Philadelphia Clef Club big band featuring Jaleel Shaw. Recently, he has performed with the great Philadelphia Bassist Mike Boone at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC as well as the 2019 Philadelphia Center City Jazz Festival, as part of his new working Quintet. He has also performed with such people as Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Don Braden, John Swana, Duane Eubanks, Tim Warfield, Randy Brecker, Dave Ballou, Avery Sharpe, Mike DiRubbo, Zaccai and Luques Curtis, Behn Gillece, and Pablo Batista. Elliot is currently one of the top in demand freelance trumpeters the Philadelphia area, performing at such venues as Chris’s Jazz Cafe, South Jazz Kitchen, Smalls Jazz Club, Time, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Litchfield Jazz Festival among others. Elliot just finished recording his debut live record, which will be released early 2020. He currently teaches at The Philadelphia Orchestra Youth Lessons Program, DeLuca Music as well as The Gwynedd Mercy Academy.
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Cosmic Cafe & Catering, 1 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, PA 19130, United States

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