Laura Orzehoski

Laura Orzehoski is a trombonist based in New York City who works both as a big band section player and as a leader of her own groups. She earned a Bachelor of Music summa cum laude from Temple University in Philadelphia, where she played in the Temple University Jazz Band and was chosen as the 2024 commencement speaker for the Boyer College of Music and Dance. She appeared on Eleven O'Seven, the 2022 debut album by the Grace Fox Big Band, an all-woman ensemble led by trumpeter Grace Fox. Her own Laura Orzehoski Quintet has played Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia, and her sideman work has taken her to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall, the Kimmel Center, and Dizzy's Club. She completed the graduate jazz studies program at the Manhattan School of Music in 2026 and organizes jazz nights at New York's Stonewall Inn.