01/11/2022
Artist Spotlight Yunie Mojica: A graduate of the Hartt School of Music and the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the University of Hartford, instrumentalist and composer Yunie Mojica started her musical journey by playing the clarinet in elementary school performing in concert bands and summer programs with in the town of Windsor. Her first experiences with Jazz and the alto saxophone was during her sophomore year in the Windsor High School Jazz Ensemble, and at the Litchfield Jazz Festival Summer Music School, in Litchfield, CT.
Throughout her college career Ms. Mojica has opened for jazz masters, including Curtis Fuller, Randy Weston, and Hank Jones. She has also performed alongside her mentors and professors of the Jackie McLean institute, Rene McLean, Nat Reeves and Steve Davis. Through Ms. Mojica’s college career and beyond, she has had the pleasure of studying with alto saxophonist Kris Allen, multi-reed instrumentalist Rene McLean, Jimmy Greene, and Abraham Burton. She has also interned for the not-for-profit New York based organization, Jazz at Lincoln Center, under the Programming & Concert Administration department. While there she was given the opportunity to travel to New Orleans, LA to produce and coordinate musical events featuring Elis Marsalis, Don Vappie, and many other musicians native to the New Orleans area. Yunie Mojica has also worked and performed with jazz masters such as Charli Persip and Valery Ponomarov.
