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Eryn (Vercammen) Bloom is owner & operator of Queen Jane Music Studios. She is a multi-instrumentalist, educator, director, musical director, conductor, arranger, orchestrator and recording & mixing engineer located in Portland, Oregon. Eryn has performed in pit orchestras for over 100 shows in theaters across Oregon including Portland Center Stage, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Staged! Productions, Oregon Cabaret Theatre (Ashland), Artist’s Repertory Theatre, Lakewood Theatre, JANE a Theatre Company, Stumptown Stages, Live on Stage, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Hult Center (Eugene), Triangle Productions, Clark College (Vancouver, WA), Enlightened Theatrics (Salem) & Pixie Dust Productions. Her directing and musical directing credits include: Oliver! (PAMTA nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Annie (OTAS Award) - Lakewood Theatre, The 25th Annual Spelling Bee, Pirates of Penzance - Clark College, If - Oregon Children’s Theatre, Pirates of Penzance - Young People’s Theatre Project, Alice in Wonderland, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Bugsy Malone, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, The Little Mermaid and The Wizard of Oz - Oregon Catholic Schools. As a conductor, Eryn's award winning bands have been recognized throughout Oregon and Washington. She has been honored as a guest conductor and adjudicator for Music in the Parks (Seattle, WA) and Oregon Children’s Choral Festival (Eugene, Or) and has conducted ensembles for the Chamber Music Society of Oregon and Ethos Portland. Eryn has worked as an educator for 27 years; teaching music, concert band, jazz band, drum line, marching band, concert choir and drama in several schools including LaSalle High School & St. John the Baptist School (Milwaukie, Or) and St. Cecilia School (Beaverton, Or). Her bands have performed throughout the Northwest including highlighted performances at Providence Festival of Trees, Music in the Parks, Jr Rose Festival parade, the Meier and Frank Holiday parade, Milwaukie Festival Daze and at the Hult Center in Eugene. She is the founder, music director, arranger, orchestrator and composer for Sneaky Tiki and the Lava Lounge Orchestra, a unique ensemble that blends layered textures of musical sounds incorporating exotica, traditional Hawaiian melodies, lounge, surf, spy, samba and Latin jazz traditions. LLO has been seen performing regularly at Trader Vic’s Portland, the Tonic Lounge, Tony Starlights Supperclub and as a featured band at Tiki Kon presented by Sandy Bottom Productions. She also worked with Tiki Kon for several years as musical director. As a recording and mixing engineer, Eryn has owned and operated Lava Production Studios with Devin Knutson in Southeast Portland. Together they have recorded and mixed for many local musicians and bands, both in the studio and at venues across Portland including the Melody Ballroom, Red Lion Hotels and the Pytheon building. Eryn can be heard on several recordings: Portland Sings for Haiti compilation featuring Northwest musicians, The BilgeRats & Pyrettes - Sea Fever, and the self titled albums of The Lava Lounge Orchestra, The Dolly Llamas and Surge. Other interests include tennis, biking, raising Koi, tropical gardening, all things Tiki, mixology and exploring the Northwest with her wife Jennifer and their rescue doggies Yuli and Shep.