Hey everyone!

Sammy took over for the week and Trista became the interview guest.

Trista Ford is a tenor saxophonist and woodwind doubler from Fairfield County, Connecticut. She is a Sophomore at New York University, Studying Jazz performance in the studio of Timo Vollbrecht. Additionally, she is also pursuing her master's in music education at NYU.

Throughout her time at NYU, Trista has performed with the New York Youth Symphony at Birdland Jazz Club, Dizzy’s at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and will be performing at The Times Center in May. She was selected to receive the NYYS Vargas-Vetter Ukena Fellowship in 2020 and in 2021, through which she is mentored by Alexa Tarantino.

In the fall of 2021, Trista joined the team at Playbook Jazz, a platform for joyful jazz learning in the virtual world. Here, she has created her own jazz education talk show and podcast: Playin’ Around With Playbook!

Enjoy!