Alex Iles is principal trombonist of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

In addition, he has toured as lead and solo jazz trombonist with Maynard Ferguson and the Woody Herman Orchestra and performs in many of the top LA-based big bands and jazz groups including Bob Florence’s Limited Edition, The Seth McFarlane Orchestra, The Tom Kubis Big Band, and Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. Alex can often be found playing in the pit orchestras of numerous Los Angeles productions of Broadway shows and has performed on hundreds of
television and motion picture soundtracks.

He has also appeared on numerous recordings with artists such as Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, John Williams, Paul McCartney, and Prince. Alex has been a faculty trombone and jazz instructor at the California Institute of the Arts, Azusa Pacific College, and California State University, Northridge. He has appeared numerous times as a featured soloist at the International Trombone Workshop.

Tom Hynes is a guitarist, composer, and educator based in Southern California. He is an Assistant Professor of Music at Azusa Pacific University and is the Director of Jazz in the Pines Students Clinic summer camp at Idyllwild Arts. Performance credits range from a tour of the Middle East and eastern Africa for the US State Department in 1996 to his long tenure with Kim Richmond’s Concert Jazz Orchestra. Tom’s compositions include numerous large jazz ensemble compositions, film music for the Smithsonian Museum, and chamber music for the Orange County Museum of Art.

Jason Lewis is Melodia Mariposa’s very own Rising Star. This young artist returns to open the concert by performing his own guitar arrangement  of J.S. Bach’s violin solo, Chaconne from Partita No. 2.  He graduated from USC with degrees in Neuroscience and Classical Guitar, studying under Brian Head, and Scott Tennant and Bill Kanengiser of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. He now lives in his hometown of Chicago working towards his mission of taking music beyond the concert hall.

A brief mini-artist spotlight documentary from NPR’s From The Top about Jason’s life as a skateboarder, musician, and budding neuroscientist. Zebracamp

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