RILEY MULHERKAR

Riley Mulherkar has been recognized as a smart young trumpet player by The New York Times, praised by The Wall Street Journal as a youngster to keep an eye on, and is a 2020 recipient of Lincoln Centers Emerging Artist Award for his work as an original bandleader, composer, arranger, educator, community activist and advocate for jazz and the arts.Riley works with a number of leading artists of our time, including Wynton Marsalis, Samora Pinderhughes (upcoming at JLR Dec 10) Anna Deavere Smith, and Alan Cumming, and is a founding member of The Westerlies, a new music brass quartet that creates the rarest of hybrids: music that is both folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous (NPR Music). Riley also serves as Artistic Director at Joye in Aiken, bringing leading young talent to the historic city of Aiken, South Carolina.Born and raised in Seattle, Riley moved to New York in 2010 to study at The Juilliard School, where he completed his Bachelors Degree in 2014 and his Masters in 2015. In 2014, he was the first recipient of the Laurie Frink Career Grant at the Festival of New Trumpet Music.Notes on Seating: The Jack London provides two options for ticket purchasers. Reserved Seating is purchased on a table-by-table basis in the central part of the venue and is only available for select shows. Seating in the General Admission section is limited, first come first served, and may be standing room only.