John Sturino (b. 1994) is an award-winning composer, drummer, bandleader, and educator based in New York City.

Sturino is the founder and bandleader 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 New Jazz Works 2024 Grant by Chamber Music America.

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 quartet and classical string quartet together for a truly unique and refined sound.

A graduate of the Juilliard School, Sturino maintains an active career performing and recording as a drummer both internationally and domestically. Sturino is a regular with The Jazz Gallery Composers Showcase big band, and continues a working relationship with artists such as Robert Edwards, Jihye Lee Jazz Orchestra, and Miho Hazama’s ‘m_unit’ Ensemble. 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.