Atlanta-based saxophonist Jack Thorpe currently serves as an Artist Affiliate of saxophone at Georgia State University and the adjunct instructor of saxophone at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. As a soloist and chamber musician, Thorpe has performed throughout the United States and Japan, and his debut album, Illusory Dreams, was released on October 6, 2023. Thorpe’s teachers include Debra Richtmeyer, Jan Berry Baker, and Nathan Nabb with additional study under Frederick L. Hemke.