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Eliza Salem is an in-demand drummer, educator and composer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. As a multi-faceted musician, Eliza tries to explore and reach across the many domains of creative music. Bridging deep grooves and swing, diasporic traditions, song, and colorful improvisatory spaces. Eliza strives to embody empathy, honesty, and patience in every musical and artistic context. This philosophy has allowed them to seek out, learn from, and grow alongside some of New York’s most esteemed and truthful improvisers and artists. They have played in acclaimed performance spaces locally and nationally. Since moving to New York, Eliza has taken part in multiple national and international tours including Caroline Davis’s Alula throughout the United States and Australia, and also toured with the Marta Sánchez in India. Eliza received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan in 2021 and is also an alumnus of the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, a selective program focused on composition led by Rufus Reid, Steve Wilson, and Billy Childs.