Music begins at 8 PM (Doors open at 7:30 PM)

Tickets are $18 Advance/$22 Door (www.flemingtondiy.org/jazz/)

Members receive 15% off (www.flemingtondiy.org/member/)

Mike Lorenz, guitarist/composer/educator, hails from Bethlehem, PA. For over a decade, Mike has kept a busy schedule as a freelancing performer and educator, leading his trio/quartet in performances up and down the Northeast Corridor on many festivals and club stages. Hailed as “an artist with a relentless and finely focused vision,” Lorenz has released many recordings including various projects with a variety of groups. Most recently he has been heard on releases by Chicago-based saxophonist Michael Hudson-Casanova’s group HeyMan and releases by Philadelphia bassist Nicholas Krolak.

As a composer, Mike has had several works for string quartet premiered by the Allentown Symphony Organization. In 2024, he completed an artist-in-residency program at the East40, a 40-acre nature learning center in Bethlehem, PA where he composed a new work for solo guitar that was informed and inspired by his time on the grounds.

Mike is an artist-lecturer at Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA, and is the assistant director of the school’s summer jazz programming.

Sandy Eldred is an internationally acclaimed bassist, composer, producer, and music educator residing in Philadelphia, PA. He is known for his inventiveness and command across music genres. Eldred is the founder of record label, Each and Only, and is a recording artist for the Ukrainian record label, LabelWhoAble.

Tyler Dempsey is a jazz drummer and drum teacher at Keystone College. His dynamic style has placed him with accomplished musicians such as Ben Street, Kevin Hays, and Hal Galper.