John Sturino is an award-winning composer-arranger, drummer-percussionist, and bandleader based in New York City.

Sturino is the bandleader, composer, and drummer of the New York-based ensemble BLOW GLOBE, a ten-person chamber ensemble that captures the breadth of an entire wind orchestra into tight ten-person unit. Sturino and BLOW GLOBE were the recipients of the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Commission Grant in 2024. The ensemble released its debut album ‘BLOW GLOBE’ in June of 2025 on the Outside In Music label.

As a composer, Sturino was awarded the David Baker Prize from the Ravinia Steans Institute for his work ‘A Boundless Design’ (2025), which fuses both jazz and classical string quartets together for a uniquely refined sound. Sturino is active as an arranger, working for ensembles of varying size around the world. Recent commissions and performed works include the Danish Radio Big Band, Michael Mayo, Philip Dizack, University of Denver Lamont School of Music, and the Swiss Jazz Orchestra Basel.

Sturino maintains an active career performing and recording as a drummer-percussionist both internationally and domestically. Sturino has worked as a drummer in recent years with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Jihye Lee Jazz Orchestra, Robert Edwards Big Band, and Miho Hazama’s m_unit. Sturino also records remote drum and percussion tracks for clients all over the world from his Brooklyn-based studio. 

Sturino is a Yamaha Drumset Artist, Prologix Artist, and a Zildjian & Vic Firth Educational Artist.

For more information and upcoming performance dates please visit JohnSturino.com.