Trumpeter and Alto Saxophonist Fernando Ferrarone is a 2-time DownBeat Award winner on trumpet and alto saxophone. He is a band leader, composer and arranger. Fernando attended Berklee College of Music on a full tuition scholarship in Boston. He has performed in various jazz festivals such as the Monterey jazz festival and the Montreal jazz festival in Canada. Fernando has performed throughout New York City jazz clubs and also with bands like Sonora Dinamita and Grupo Rebolu. Internationally he has performed extensively in Peru and Colombia. Fernando has recorded as a sideman on various artists' albums such as Tony Succar, Grupo Rebolu, Johnny Burgos, Dabin Ryu, Marco Grispo, Cab Ellis, The Horizons Jazz Orchestra and many more.
As a trumpet player, he was a member of the 2013 and 2014 GRAMMY® Jazz Band, 2013 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and Music for All’s 2013 Jazz Band of America; received a 2013 YoungArts Merit Award; and was presented an Outstanding Trumpet Soloist Award from Wynton Marsalis at the 2013 and 2014 Essentially Ellington Competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Also, a winner of a 2013 and 2014 DownBeat Student Music Award as a jazz soloist winner on trumpet and alto saxophone,