Tigger Kluessendorf

Tigger Kluessendorf is a trumpet player, composer, arranger and orchestrator specializing in jazz and contemporary music. A recent graduate of Canton High School and its Instrumental Music Department Scholar, he is now a sophomore at the University of Connecticut (Storrs) pursuing a BM in Music Composition, and plays lead trumpet in the UConn Jazz Ensemble. He has opened for or soloed with the Funky Dawgz Brass Band, the Jeff Holmes Big Band, the New England Jazz Ensemble and Chris Potter, among others, and has won numerous awards, including at Essentially Ellington. He also played in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra, with which he was featured in Downbeat Magazine. Tigger is frequently commissioned to write for ensembles including the Canton High School Jazz Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Alumni Jazz Band, and his music has been played by the UConn Jazz Ensemble and used as college audition repertoire. He has performed at venues such as Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, the Appel Room, Mohegan Sun and the Skirball Center at NYU, and has performed or recorded with Ted Nash, Marshall Gilkes, Tony Kadleck, Ingrid Jensen, Marcus Printup, the Glenn Miller Orchestra and many more. His debut single "Bad Timing," composed by Tigger and recorded by his big band with him on lead trumpet, is available on all streaming platforms.