Jake Baldwin sings 3rd part and plays the trumpet. His musical life began at age 10 in Florence, Oregon, where he chose to try the trumpet in school band, and was enamored immediately. Jake attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and holds a bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies. He placed third in the 2010 International Trumpet Guild’s Jazz Trumpet Competition, 2nd in the 2013 National Trumpet Competition’s Jazz division, and was a finalist in the 2019 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet competition. Jake resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is one of the most in-demand freelance trumpet players in the Twin Cities, with performances ranging from his own original jazz groups to the Minnesota Orchestra.