Ephraim Dorsey, 20-year-old tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, is from Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently a sophomore at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute. 

He has been playing since he was 11, and in the past 7 years, he has studied with Blake Meister, Carl Grubbs, Gary Thomas, and is currently studying under Tim Green. He started out by regularly attending local jam sessions alongside his sister, as well as getting called to sit in with local musicians at their shows. Thanks to Baltimore’s extremely supportive village, he has flourished.