West Coast Voices is an audition-only vocal jazz ensemble at Cabrillo College —the group consists of ten singers and a seasoned rhythm section who simply love making music together. Their rehearsals are short, their lives are busy, yet this little community shows up week after week, ready to work together to create something meaningful.

They sing everything from jazz standards to contemporary arrangements and reimagined pop tunes, moving between a cappella moments and accompanied charts. Onstage, they’re supported by the thoughtful and expressive playing of Kiefer Taylor (piano), Etienne Franc (bass), and Chris Salem (drums), whose musicianship gently shapes the group’s sound.

For nearly 25 years, Mark Bidelman has directed the ensemble, helping foster a space where people can grow, take risks, and enjoy making music side by side. Many members of the group have been singing together for several seasons, and that sense of ease and familiarity naturally finds its way into their performances.

This year’s ensemble features:

• Soprano: Jasmine Miranda

• Soprano: Kerri Hughes

• Alto/Soprano: Taylor Boling

• Alto: Alyssa Beltran

• Alto: Alissa Rezendes

• Tenor: Jorge Torrez

• Tenor: Ryan Braga

• Baritone: Matt Van Nuys

• Bass/Baritone: Alex Burr

• Bass: Brandon Damiani

West Coast Voices includes music educators, lifelong performers, students, and parents — people from different backgrounds who carve out time each week because singing together brings them joy. They think of themselves as a little musical family, and they’re grateful to share that sense of connection.

As this year’s headlining choir, West Coast Voices invites you to spend an evening with them — just a warm room, good music, and a group of people who genuinely love making it.

 Jazz violinist and author Nora Germain has been playing the violin for over 28 years and performing professionally since 2010. She is currently based in Los Angeles. She has performed and/ or recorded with many of the world's greatest musical talents including Jon Batiste, Postmodern Jukebox, Sam Smith, Lewis Capaldi, Tommy Emmanuel CGP, John Altman, Jacob Collier, Martin Taylor MBE, JMSN, KNOWER, Jeff Goldblum, Dee Dee Bridgewater and many others. In addition to playing on over 150 recordings of many genres, she has also released 12 of her own jazz albums, an inspirational book, and her videos on Instagram have been viewed over 3 million times. She has appeared on episodes of The Late Late Show with James Corden and The Ellen DeGeneres Show accompanying other artists, and performed at the Eckhart Tolle Foundation, for the Gates Foundation, and as a musical volunteer for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. A musician of many facets who is only at the beginning of her career, Nora has been praised as the best jazz violinist in the world. The sky is clearly not the limit for Miss Germain.