Inglewood, CA born and new to Portland, OR! Self taught musician, Marcus Rudolph is one who strives for universal expression of self!

My name is Cam I’m from Chicago/ Southern Illinois and I’m a multi-percussionist / music producer. Currently attending PSU in the Sonic Arts program. My favorite thing in the world todo is listen intently to the black musical masters and creators that came before now and ones in the modern day like Jdilla, Herbie Hancock, 9th Wonder, Miles Davis, Mad-lib and so many more and connect their work to the overall African ancestral diaspora and to then draw inspiration from that. Whether when that’s I’m producing a new beat or when I’m performing live I try to channel that energy and be in the moment.

Dae Bryant 

I’m an artist and love this music, and form of being. I’m from Harlem, NYC and have been playing music all my life, whether it was in the church, where I realized the true power of music as a medium of energy and love . The non attachment to an idea of one state of being but all states of art and existence. Love, transcendence , being. Grateful. 

Classically trained, jazz weathered, and eclectically inclined, multi-instrumentalist Mijiga left the proverbial creative “box” at a very early age, with access to many instruments and a diverse musical background brought about by an intercultural heritage.

A Portland native, Mijiga is a musical polymath; composer, producer, bandleader, educator, gear fanatic, and audio engineer, to name a few.

Mijiga studied classical and jazz saxophones at University of Puget Sound from 2012-13 and Washington State University from 2013-2017, with elective studies in Percussion at UPS in 2012 and, ensemble experience at Whitman College from 2008-2012.

Mijiga has shared the stage and/or collaborated with the likes of Benny Golson, Terence Blanchard, Brian McKnight, Charlie Hunter, Mark Giuliana, Bill Watrous, Tamir Hendelman, John Clayton, Eddie Palmieri, Fareed Haque, Darrell Grant, George Colligan, Damian Erskine, Thomas Marriott, Joe Kye

Ora Cogan, PDX All Stars, and many more.

Festival highlights include (but not limited to): Pickathon, PDX Jazz Festival, Vanport Jazz Festival, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, PaseoFest, Montavilla Jazz Festival, Taco Tapes Festival, Ghost Carrot Festival

Mijiga serves as Artist-in-Residence at (Portland’s) Roosevelt High School, along with being a guest lecturer and workshop collaborator for Portland State University.

As a composer, Mijiga recently won the Portland Jazz “Composers Cook-Off” in 2020 and became one of Third Coast Percussion’s “Creative Currents” Partners in 2021.

As a producer and audio engineer, Mijiga currently has 12 records, 14 EPs, and 16 singles released under his name, with all but two of these releases self-produced. 

Mijiga has also served as a freelance producer and engineer for artists such as Rob Araujo, Darrell Grant, and more.

Authenticity and uniquity assume the locus of Mijiga’s artistic identity — self-expression is the prime directive, and the medium of choice changes like the weather.