Sierra Hudson is a Senior at the University of Miami studying Double Bass Performance and English. She is a Miami native who has been involved in the music scene her entire life. She has worked with well-known organizations like Young Musicians Unite and Miami String Haus. She is an Essentially Ellington recognized jazz bassist and has been ranked as a top classical bassist in Florida through the Florida Orchestra and Florida Band Associations. She has studied under professors such as Brian Powell, Juan-Carlos Peña, Ettienne Charles, Dafnis Pietro, Marcus Strickland, and Bruce Bransby.

She has been in many Frost ensembles, like the Frost Symphony Orchestra, Frost Symphonic Winds, Seek the Source: Thundercat Ensemble, Creole Ensemble, Jazz Vocal II, and Funk Fusion II: Blues and Roots ensemble. Outside of Frost, Sierra has been in two contemporary rock bands, Ripcord and Avalanche, an all-female jazz/latin band named Melvis and the Muses, and is currently building a female-led jazz/contemporary band entitled Pom Party with friend and trumpeter Savannah Methner. She is also currently working on a personal EP of contemporary music as a Senior project. She has also recorded for projects such as: a short film, “As I Promised You”, a videogame, “Ready, Steady, Ship”, and a documentary, “News Without a Newsroom”.

She is currently spending her summer as the Bass faculty at the Encore/Coda Music Camp in Sweden, Maine.

In her free time, she indulges in plant care, junk food, creating art and stickers, and writing her fantasy book.