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.

The Westerlies Play Bill Frisell at The New School

Friday, March 21, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (EDT)
The New School – Stiefel Hall, New York, NY, USA
Bill Frisell — Selected works

Free (RSVP strongly recommended)

OICMF: The Westerlies Free Community Workshop

Saturday, April 5, 2025 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Island Middle School & High School, Eastsound, WA, United States

The Westerlies brass quartet returns to the San Juan Islands for an action-packed residency April 3-6, presented by the Orcas Island Chambe…

Free (registration required to perform, but not to attend)

OICMF: The Westerlies Community Concert

Saturday, April 5, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Grange, Eastsound, WA, United States

The Westerlies brass quartet returns to the San Juan Islands for an action-packed residency April 3-6, presented by the Orcas Island Chambe…

Free (admission by donation at the door)

Westerlies Fest 2025: 'The Past Delivers' – Music for Ballet

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States

The Westerlies present the score to their recent ballet "The Past Delivers," created in collaboration with BalletCollective, Troy Schumache…

$25 ($15 student)

Westerlies Fest 2025: Songbook, Vol. 3 – Live Recording

Thursday, April 10, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Robin Pecknold — Selected works
Adrianne Lenker — Selected works
Gabriel Kahane — Selected works
Tim Bernardes — Selected works
Anaïs Mitchell — Selected works

$25 ($15 student)

Westerlies Fest 2025: The Westerlies play Bill Frisell

Friday, April 11, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Bill Frisell — Selected works

$25 ($15 student)