Sam Kredich

Sam Kredich attended Del Norte High school and played four years in their music program. He has been playing the trumpet since he was ten, but has also played and taken lessons for piano, guitar, ukulele, and vocals. Outside high school, he participated in the International academy of Jazz as well as the Young Lions Conversatory under the direction of Gilbert Castellanos. Through his association with Castellanos, he was part of the opening group for a tribute to Mongo Santamaria and Jack Costanzo at Bayside Summer Nights at Embarcadero Marina in July of 2019. He also was part of the opening group for the Roots of Rhythm concert at Copley Symphony Hall as part of the Jazz at Jacobs Series. Under the direction of Andy Geib, Kredich was in the Ambassadors of Soul, a high school funk group that travels around gigging in areas like Ocean beach and Balboa Park. Attending UCLA’s Global Jazz Studies program in 2019, he has studied under the likes of master pianist, composer, and bandleader Arturo O’Farrill, versatile saxophonist and LA Signal Labs co-founder Hitomi Oba, the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra’s Doctor James Ford and Tamir Hendelman, prolific saxophonist Charles Owens, and acclaimed studio musician and Orenda Records founder Dan Rosenboom. Sam Kredich also took part in the recording of BTS’ three-time winning MTV Video Music Award song ON, in which he played third trumpet. He will continue his studies in the Fall Quarter of 2021, as he enters his third year as an undergraduate.