Noah's Bio
Noah Ellison Ostrom is a baritone saxophonist from the Chicagoland area. He has experience doubling other woodwinds, but prides himself as being baritone saxophonist first. When he was just starting out as a horn player, the only thing he ever wanted to do was play the baritone saxophone. Though initially denied the instrument in his school system, Noah had to pursue his education elsewhere, which eventually landed him studying the roots and culture of Jazz in the Southside of Chicago for years. Though he hadn't always liked Jazz, he found his musical home when he began studying with Orbert Davis’s Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Jazz Academy.
Performance history & achievements
Education
Building on his deep roots in Chicago, Noah expanded his formal studies to Western Michigan University, which he currently attends. He aims to be a versatile player, from church settings, big bands, and even latin, but he achieves his true form of self when playing vintage Jazz. As for his education, he has studied with world class musicians such as Ted Hogarth, Orbert Davis, Andrew Rathbun, Mathew Fries, Scott Cowan, Ben Schmidt-Swartz, and many more.
In his early career, he had won a Gerry Mulligan national Jazz competition. He has worked and performed with the renowned third stream music organization, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. Noah was selected to play for the Music For All national “Jazz Band of America.” Recently he has performed with Grammy award winning artist, Geoffrey Keezer, with the WMU Jazz Orchestra. Noah has been a part of recording sessions under PlayUSA Carnegie Hall, Western Sound Studios, as well as La Luna Recording & Sound. With his time at Western Michigan, Noah has built up experience doubling instruments such as clarinet and the bass clarinet. Noah is currently building up his reputation around the Midwest to perform the traditions that built him up.