Chloe Rowlands

Chloe Rowlands is a Brooklyn-based trumpet player, composer, arranger, and music educator. Born in Seattle and raised in Phoenix, she moved to NYC in 2010 to study at The New School College of Performing Arts, where she now holds a faculty position teaching private trumpet lessons, jazz ensembles, and improvisation.

Chloe enjoys playing a wide variety of musical styles and has performed, recorded, and collaborated with artists such as Fleet Foxes, the ten-time GRAMMY award-winning Manhattan Transfer, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, the GRAMMY award-winning The 8-Bit Big Band, Durand Jones and the Indications, Big Red Machine, Haley Heynderickx, and Theo Bleckmann. She is also a member of the critically acclaimed brass quartet The Westerlies, which the New York Times describes as “an arty quartet… mixing ideas from jazz, new classical, and Appalachian folk.” Recent notable performances include the Hollywood Bowl, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Forest Hills Stadium, the Monterey Jazz Festival, The Blue Note NYC, the Java International Jazz Festival, and the Jarasum International Jazz Festival.

Chloe has also worked in film and television, where she can be seen and heard featured throughout the soundtrack to Billy Crystal’s self-produced and -directed film “Here Today,” and has recorded music for and appeared in the HBO original series “Gossip Girl.” As a composer, Chloe has been commissioned to write music for chamber music, concert bands, jazz ensembles, and has composed and produced original scores for short films, TV shows, and documentaries.

Westerlies Fest 2024: tilt & The Westerlies

Thursday, May 9, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States

Featuring tilt and an opening set by The Westerlies.

Full festival schedule at www.westerliesfest.org.

$25 ($15 student)

Westerlies Fest 2024: Samora Pinderhughes & The Westerlies

Friday, May 10, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)

Featuring pianist/composer/songwriter Samora Pinderhughes and The Westerlies.

Full festival schedule at www.westerliesfest.org.

$25 ($15 student)

Westerlies Fest 2024: Closing Night

Saturday, May 11, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States

The Westerlies return to The Royal Room on May 11 for the closing night of Westerlies Fest 2024, featuring two sets of music premiering new…

$25 ($15 student)