Marc Perez

Trombonist, Improviser, Composer, Non-Profit Leader, Author & Educator

Marc Perez utilizes his unique understanding and approach to improvisation in a broad range of interdisciplinary practices. His approach to sound, music perception & non traditional notation is quickly making Marc a sought-after collaborator and making his work quickly known. Marc is part of the experimental jazz duo “Frog n’ Toad”, makes electronic music under “Chilaquiles”, & leads the exciting and experimental large ensemble, “The Tapestry”.

Marc is the Co-Founder & Co-Creator of Sudden Somethings, an organization dedicated to the proliferation of activities, knowledge, research, and communal practices in Improvisation across disciplines and non-disciplines. This is currently being achieved through an upcoming archival and resource website for improvisers (especially those based in Southern California), an upcoming residency, & a bi-annual/bi-coastal improvisation festival, “Some Things From Nothing”.

Marc has won various awards such as numerous awards from the Herb Alpert Foundation. He has also recently been as a Featured Composer for the 3rd annual Enharmonic Interfaces and Controllers for Keyboard Instruments Symposium, based in Graz, Austria, Featured Composer for The 5th Annual Toy Music Festival, based in Seoul, Korea & a Finalist in The IntAct International Competition Institute of Thailand Competition, based in Bangkok, Thailand . Marc has also participated as an artist in festivals such as Angel City Jazz Fest, SOUNDPEDRO & High Desert Soundings. Marc has also given numerous lectures and masterclasses, including the Aspen’s Composer’s Conference.

He graduated with his master’s degree at California Institute of the Arts with Individuals such as Mattie Barbier, Vinny Golia, & Tim Feeney. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Global Jazz Studies with an emphasis in Jazz Trombone at University of California, Los Angeles studying with individuals such as Arturo O’ Farill, Hitomi Oba & James Newton. Marc has also studied under Vardan Ovsepian, Luciana Souza, David Rosenboom, Graham Haynes, Jonathan Pinson, & Henry Threadgill. Marc is also a member & archivist for the “Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra”, & a member of the experimental music ensemble “God’s Favorite”.