Jeff Ostroski is a Downbeat Award winning trumpet player & arranger currently residing in Rochester, NY. He earned his BM at Lawrence University where he studied with John Daniel & Fred Sturm. While there, Jeff played lead trumpet in and wrote for the Jazz Ensemble, which in 2007 won a Downbeat Award for "Best Jazz Performance." In 2005, Jeff had the honor of playing in lead trumpet the IAJE All-Star Jazz Ensemble in Chicago, IL. Jeff is currently pursuing a MM at the Eastman School of Music where he studies with Clay Jenkins. He is a co-director of the Jazz Lab Band and a TA in Jazz Pedagogy. He also plays lead trumpet in the award winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Bill Dobbins. In addition to perfoming at the North Sea Jazz Festival this summer, Jeff has performed at the Rochester Jazz Festival and the JVC Jazz Festival in New York City.