Teresa Um

An award-winning jazz composer, arranger, and guitarist. 

Her work has earned international honors, including the 2026 ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award recipient, the 2026 ISJAC Fundamental Freedoms Commission, the 2025 Ravinia Bridges Composition Competition Prize, the 2025 IAWM Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble Prize, and 2025 DownBeat Student Music Awards.