Kal Ferretti is a 21 year old jazz trumpet player, composer, and educator. She is currently making herself known as a serious young musician on the New York City jazz scene.
Kal grew up in New York City and started with private lessons in trumpet before moving to playing in concert bands in her youth. After receiving an offer to study at the prestigious LaGuardia High School, she began to study orchestral music and soon found her main passion of jazz music. She found mentorship with teachers at school who saw that passion and work ethic she maintained, arriving at school hours before class started to practice. They strongly encouraged her to pursuit music on a professional level.
Kal is now studying at The New School for Jazz on a full scholarship. She has been mentored under esteemed faculty such as Reggie Workman, Buster Williams, David Glasser, Bruce Harris, and more. She has represented The New School at the Keep and Eye Jazz Competition in Amsterdam and was one of three selected students that participated in the 32nd annual International Association of Schools of Jazz Conference.
In recent months, she has performed at venues such as Birdland, the Kennedy Center, Smalls Jazz Club, Dizzy’s Club, and the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. She also appears on the Grace Fox Big Band debut record “Eleven O’ Seven.” She has been part of various honor bands/programs including the award winning Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, Hudson Jazz Workshop, WIJO Mentors, and All City High School Jazz band. With these bands she has attended the Essentially Ellington regional competitions and was a finalist for the Charles Mingus High School Competition.
Performance highlights include being selected for the 2023 Sisters In Jazz Collegiate Combo with a performance at the 2023 JEN Conference, performing with the Mingus Dynasty at the NEA Jazz Masters Award Ceremony at the Kennedy Center, performing with her Quartet at Bern Jazz Festival, selected by Dave Douglas to perform for the 2023 Festival Of New Trumpet Music, and playing with Dave Glasser’s Quintet at Smalls. Upcoming events include Kal leading her band at Dizzy’s Club in March, performing as a guest with the Eastern Wind Symphony at Princeton University, performing for the Key Of She Jazz Jam in Philly, and teaching with Matt Wilson and Jeff Lederer at the LIU Summer Jazz Program. Kal’s main goal in her music is to bring people together and tell a story through her compositions and her playing.
Besides music, Kal loves animals, especially her dog Rikki and has a big passion for doing Lego sets, which she has an extensive collection of.
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