Oren Santillo is an 18 year old multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Melrose, MA. He has been playing music his whole life and regularly plays in Melrose, Boston, Cambridge, and beyond, playing legendary venues such as Club Passim, the Middle East, the Burren, and the Lilypad, as well as headlining Royalston Music Fest in 2023. He is known in Melrose for playing with The Peanut Gallery. Oren’s sound sits comfortably between jazz, folk, and rock; and in this polychotomy of genres can be found influences from Fred Hersch, Sam Amidon, and Wilco. As well as performing, Oren runs booking for multiple local organizations including Melrose Jazz Fest, Melrose Farmers Market, and Lovesick Chicken Studios.