**FREE ENTRY // MAIN BAR GIG** Tony Yang

Immersed in the jazz repertoire and performing regularly around Melbourne. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Melbourne Youth Jazz Orchestra. He earned second place in the VCASS Outstanding Soloist Competition, making history as the first jazz guitarist to receive the award. Tony has also been featured as a soloist with the Daryl Mackenzie Jazz Orchestra and was selected as a finalist for the James Morrison Scholarship, performing at Mount Gambier.His primary musical influences include guitarists James Sherlock and Mike Moreno, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Tony has studied extensively with Melbourne jazz guitarist James Sherlock, and under the mentorship of Mike Moreno, a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. He has also studied with other notable Melbourne jazz musicians.