Jocelyn Medina

Vocalist and composer Jocelyn Medina is a jazz artist whose music encompasses the cultural ethos of many different traditions. A graduate of Berklee College of Music with a Masters in Vocal Jazz Performance from Manhattan School of Music, her musical identity has been shaped by traveling and studying the local musical traditions in Ghana, India, Spain and Brazil. As a bandleader, she has toured with jazz ensembles at venues and festivals throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America and has produced three full-length CDs of her own compositions.

Originally from upstate New York, Jocelyn lived in New York City from 2005-2020 where she established herself as a unique and powerful voice in the local jazz scene. Since moving to Boulder in 2021, Jocelyn has been collaborating with many musicians in the greater Denver/Boulder area while continuing to maintain her presence in the NYC jazz community through her weekly online Sunday Vocal Jazz Concert and Jam Session series. As an educator she has taught courses, workshops and masterclasses in voice, vocal jazz, improvisation, and music theory at institutions throughout the U.S., Spain, Germany, and India. Currently, she is on the faculty of La Guardia Community College, Bloomingdale School of Music, the New York Jazz Workshop School of Music and the LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ at Baldwin Wallace University.

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