About the Artist
(b. 1996) David Mirarchi is a Queens-based saxophonist, composer, and poet from Peckville, Pennsylvania. David's artistic practice aims to combine his ever-developing process of manipulating written word-- mainly in the form of poetry-- into melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and structural materials, with a deep love for unrestricted improvisation. Throughout the course of his education, David has studied with luminaries of the New York Jazz and Improvised music scenes, including David Bixler, Jason Rigby, Ed Neumeister, David Liebman, Tony Malaby, and Gary Smulyan. In 2021 David was named a Fellow of the Ravinia Steans Music institute, lead by Steve Wilson, Billy Childs, and Rufus Reid. In 2023, David received an honorable mention in the Herb Alpert Young Jazz composers awards for his 2023 recording Ink Folly Orchid Gleam (Unbroken Sounds).