Samantha Boshnack (Trumpeter and Composer) is the 2018 Make Jazz Fellow at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica. She is in the process of a three-month residency at the 18th Street Center working on a new extended composition and performance called “Seismic Belt", and will do a special workshop at CalArts while she is in the Los Angeles area. The workshop is open to all and will focus on Samantha's compositions ("The Nellie Bly Project"), her time with Seattle area band, Reptet, and listening and discussion.