Jorge Machain

Jorge Machain is a Mexican native who currently calls Las Vegas his home. He is an active musician in the Las Vegas scene having played shows such Showstoppers at the Wynn, Zombie Burlesque in Planet Hollywood, Georgia On My Mind at the Venetian Hotel, to name a few. Jorge graduated from UNLV with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Composition and Master of Music in Jazz Composition.

In addition to performing, he composes for both classic and jazz ensembles. He has won multiple Downbeat awards for his arrangements and was a finalist in the 2018 NBA Revelli competition for his piece Bite the Bullet, commissioned by Thomas Leslie, Director of Bands UNLV, finalist of the Morton Gould Young Composer Competition for 2019, winner of the 2019 NBA Young Composers Jazz Composition Contest for his original composition Por Ahora, winner of the 2020 American Prize composer in the band category (student division), Finalist for the 2021 NGC Lab Composition Competition, Morton Gould Composer Award recipient for 2021 and recently received 1st place for the 2021 “International Young Talented Composers Competition”. Recent commissions include a drum set concerto written for Bernie Dresel, commissioned by Thomas Leslie, and a trombone solo commissioned by Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist of the New York Phil, and was featured at the Cutting Edge Music Festival in New York of April 2021.