Winner of Cedille Records’ inaugural Emerging Artist Competition in 2021, saxophonist Julian Velasco is a Chicago-based soloist, collaborative artist, educator, and fierce advocate for contemporary arts whose artistic vision aspires to celebrate the plurality of our society. When Julian makes his Live From WFMT debut alongside his collaborative partner, pianist Winston Choi, they’ll play selections from their album, As We Are, which broke out at number 4 on Billboard’s Traditional Classical Album Charts.