Xanadu2 Music

At age 29, Sherisse Rogers has already won some of the most prestigious awards in her field. As the 2004 winner of the ASCAP/IAJE Emerging Composer Award in Honor of Count Basie, she has already proven herself to be such. A Philadelphia native, Sherisse played many instruments before deciding to become a composer. She currently maintains a steady freelance career as an electric bassist. In a short time, she has already been recognized in the field of jazz composition. She received the 2001 “Best Arrangement” award from The American Society of Musicians Composers and Arrangers for her orchestral arrangement of “Here’s that Rainy Day”. She was awarded the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award in 2003, 2005 and 2008. In 2005 she was awarded the BMI Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Award/Manny Albam Memorial Commission. She received the 2006 Herb Albert Foundation/IAJE Gil Evans Fellowship and most recently the 2007 Meet the Composer Van Lier Fellowship. A versatile composer, her styles range from jazz and classical to world music and Rhythm & Blues. She is a regular arranger for the Metropole Orchestra (Netherlands) and has also worked with the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra and the Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. In addition to receiving high school and college commissions, she has also written music for Dave Liebman and Peter Erskine. Her music is published by Walrus Music. In 2005, her big band “Project Uprising” released their first recording entitled Sleight of Hand which received a 4.5 star review (out of 5) in Downbeat Magazine. The CD features Dave Liebman, in addition to other special guests. Her big band appeared numerous times at the Jazz Gallery in New York City. In May 2004 she received a Masters of Music in Jazz Composition from the Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Michael Abene. Some of her other teachers have included Jim McNeely, Dave Liebman, and Matt Harris.