Saul Tobin is a concert composer, currently in his second year at the University of Southern California. He is on a full scholarship pursuing degrees in both composition and philosophy. Saul currently studies under Stephen Hartke. Saul's music takes after Paul Hindemith, Elliott Carter, Gustav Mahler, and Arvo Pärt. He also draws heavily on the sounds of modern jazz — Maria Schneider, Michael Brecker, and Mats Holmquist — and traditional Jewish music. One musician, after playing Saul's music, remarked that, "It's unlike anything I've seen or heard before." Saul's works include a woodwind quartet Fundamental Structure, charts for jazz big band, numerous small chamber pieces, and most recently a piano sonata. Saul also plays jazz and funk trumpet and writes poetry.