Jazz keyboardist Torrey Newhart graduated from the University of Oregon in 2014 with a Masters Degree in Music and was awarded "Most Outstanding Performer In Jazz Studies" the same year. Newhart performs well over a hundred and twenty-five shows annually, in many configurations. He has recorded and released records with Tony Glausi, Jessika Smith, Inner Limits, Michael Radliff, Paul Krueger, The Long Shots and Kevin McDonald in addition to his own albums Obsidian Animals/Sound In-Sight (2016) and Marmara (2013).