Brendan McMurphy graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet performance, and a Master of Arts in Music with a Jazz emphasis, but requires no stunt double when it comes to his second instrument, the drums. An intuitive and musically sensitive musician, Brendan is well versed in both jazz and classical performance. He has performed with the Washington Idaho Symphony, in addition to various Jazz big band & small group jazz combo settings throughout the Pacific Northwest. Brendan has shared the stage with Russell Malone, John Stowell, Marcus Printup and Andrey Hayward of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Greta Matassa and Claudio Roditi among others. Private Instruction

With a nostalgic vocal sound reminiscent of Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald and a harmonic and rhythmic concept firmly rooted in the instrumental post bop music of Wayne Shorter and Bobby Hutcherson,; vocalist and saxophonist Rachel Bade-McMurphy takes audiences on a twisting and turning journey that invites them into a world of individual experience. Her lyrics paint vivid pictures and stark expressions that cross genre boundaries into folk, rock, R&B, funk, and other popular forms appropriate for her poetic delivery. Because of her highly improvisational nature one performance is rarely like another and each day an open canvas waiting to be engaged by her large color palate of tone and expression. The 2008 RBMC JAZZ CD release “The Unspoken” contains 11 original compositions recorded with some of the leading musicians of the Seattle and Pacific Northwest Jazz scene is receiving both national and international radio airplay. In 2003 and 2004 Rachel received the “Outstanding College Vocal Soprano Soloist” designation at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho receiving the honor of performing on the main stage with members of the Lionel Hampton Big Band’s rhythm section including Wally “Gator” Watson, Kuni Mikami and Christian Fabian. She was chosen to participate in the IAJE Sisters in Jazz mentor program as a college student, and has composed background music for Emmy-nominated promotional spots for KHQ-Q6 of Spokane. Private Instruction: