Josiah Boornazian is an American saxophonist, composer, educator, electronic musician, and scholar of music primarily active in the Rio Grande Valley, Miami, New York City, and California. He is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he teaches applied saxophone and jazz studies. Josiah has taught music technology at Broward College, jazz and music appreciation at the City College of New York, and applied saxophone, jazz performance, and musicology at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Josiah holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Miami Frost School of Music, a Master of Arts degree from the City College of New York, and a Bachelor of Music degree from California State University, Northridge.

As a veteran of the New York and Miami jazz scenes, Josiah has performed with artists such as Dave Liebman, Dave Holland, Nick Smart, Diane Schuur, Dave Grusin, Arturo Sandoval, Jon Faddis, Jimmy Heath, Drew Gress, David Binney, Wayne Krantz, Ari Hoenig, Donny McCaslin, Dan Weiss, John Escreet, Jacob Sacks, Fima Ephron, Obed Calvaire, Will Vinson, Matt Brewer, Ben Wendel, Ferenc Nemeth, Alan Ferber, Brad Mason, John Daversa, Kenny Wollesen, the Gil Evans Orchestra, Lew Soloff, Miles Evans, Mike Clark, Gil Goldstein, and Yana Bibb, to name a few.

In addition to performing regularly in New York, Miami, and South Texas, Josiah has also toured California and Europe. His releases as a leader include 'Intersection and Live at Frost,' which feature Josiah's original compositions. Josiah is also featured as a composer and improviser on the collaborative studio recording 'A Dark and Stormy Day' (Fresh Sound New Talent), which features a quartet Josiah co-leads with New York-based Italian pianist Alessandro Fadini.

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