Described as “fluid and powerful on the tenor saxophone and highly inventive as a vocalist,” Camille Thurman also plays bass clarinet, flute, and piccolo. A New York City native, Thurman is a two-time winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award and a winner of the Fulbright Scholars Cultural Ambassador Grant, among other honors.

Performing lead alto with Anthony Stanco’s Jazz Orchestra II