School of Music THE ART OF JAZZ SERIES
GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHY & PERSONNEL Durham, New Hampshire. A native of Bloomington, IN, Rachel‟s compelling improvisation skills developed out of her many years of instrumental jazz studies on piano and as a cellist under IU Distinguished Professor David Baker. A student of Baker‟s from age 13, Caswell continued her studies at Indiana University‟s Jacobs School of Music graduating with High Distinction in 1995 with degrees in classical cello and jazz studies. In 1998 she completed her Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies in Voice Boston‟s New England Conservatory of Music. While in graduate school, Rachel was chosen as one of two vocalists for the 1997 Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Colony at Jazz Aspen/ Snowmass and named the winner of the 1997 Hilton Head Jazz Society Scholarship. Rachel also placed in the top ten out of 150 contestants in the 2005 jazzconnect.com annual vocal competition, appearing in one judge‟s top five. Rachel was filmed as the featured vocalist in John McNeil‟s Jazz Series on Video, Vol. 3 Vocal Jazz: Learning to Scat with Mr. McNeil as trumpeter/host and Rufus Reid on bass. Rachel‟s unique gifts as a musician and improviser have led jazz trumpeter Ingrid Jensen to say, “Very rarely does such a complete musician come along in the form of a singer! Rachel and her voice are capable of expression and artistry that parallel those of some of the great horn players in improvised jazz music...” COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS School of Music JAZZ ENSEMBLE III SAXOPHONE Steven Moeller Ethan Crenshaw Sam Lock Emily Miller Nolan Leahy TRUMPET Connor Freimuth Connor Fox Demetrius Peoples Chris Cheever TROMBONE Kyle Jones Michel Culross Lindsay Baker Austin Hamang PIANO Kelsey Georgesen BASS Dan Sitler DRUMS Nick Hammer D‟Quan Rogers twenty-ninth season Presents STUDIO JAZZ ENSEMBLE II SAXOPHONE Tim Hoblin Luke Fries James Ryan Thomas Lucas Andrew Campbell THE ART OF JAZZ SERIES TRUMPET Brett Affolder Brandon Hazelbaker Jay Higginson Amelia Scanland TROMBONE Kohl Slabaugh Zach Whitacre David Rohrer Holden Berlin BASS Dustin Palmer HORN Matt Ertl Jordan Miller PIANO Brandon Downing VIBES/BELLS Nick Hammer DRUMS Alex Balestra GUEST ARTISTS Sara Caswell, violin Rachel Caswell, vocalist GUITAR Zach Day JAZZ LAB ENSEMBLE I SAXOPHONE Cecily Terhune Brian Bosley James Middleton John Horgeshimer Kaleigh Wilder TRUMPET Sam Brock Jen Siukola Adam Marchand Alec Burke TROMBONE Dominic Gaietto David Daily Dan Smith Daniel Payton PIANO Jon Nelson VIOLIN Gina Buzzelli BASS Jesse Gaze GUITAR Sam Gordon DRUMS Danny Yount BALL STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLES Mark Buselli, director Wednesday, April 15, 2015 | 7:30 p.m. | SURSA HALL PROGRAM JAZZ ENSEMBLE III Jess Gaze, director Program will contain selections from the following: Al Kiger Heart of Mine Kenbrovin/Kellette I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles STUDIO JAZZ ENSEMBLE II Scott Routenberg, director Program will contain selections from the following: Howard Levy Arr. Scott Routenberg One For McCoy Horace Silver Arr. Rob McConnell Strollin’ Frank Mantooth Take Only for Pain JAZZ LAB ENSEMBLE I Mark Buselli, director Program will contain selections from the following: Oliver Nelson Hoe Down Johnny Burke/ Jimmy van Heusen Arr. Michael Patterson But Beautiful Hoagy Carmichael Arr. Alan Ferber I Get Along Without You Very Well Nancy King Arr. Alan Ferber I Sing For You Walter Hirsch/ Fred Rose Arr. Count Basie Deed I Do Series LXIX- Number 217 In keeping with copyright and artist agreements, use of recording and photographic devices is not permitted by other than approved university personnel. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. We request your cooperation. www.bsu.edu GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Sara Caswell is fast becoming one of today‟s foremost jazz violinists through her technical facility and gift for lyricism. Recognized as a “Rising Star” in both the 2013 and 2014 DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll and as one of the top jazz violinists in both the 2011 and 2012 JazzTimes Readers‟ Poll, Sara leads two groups (the Sara Caswell Quartet and the Caswell Sisters Quintet), has released two highly-acclaimed CDs (First Song and But Beautiful), and in 2013 released a new CD with her sister, jazz vocalist Rachel Caswell, entitled Alive in the Singing Air featuring jazz pianist Fred Hersch. Additionally, Sara regularly performs with Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Roseanna Vitro, mandolinist Joe Brent‟s 9 Horses, clarinetist David Krakauer‟s The Big Picture, and the genre-defying quartet Rose & the Nightingale. During 2010-11, she toured five continents with 3-time Grammy-winning bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding in support of Spalding‟s CD Chamber Music Society. Sara has also toured with Grammy-winning violinist Mark O‟Connor„s American String Celebration and violinist Darol Anger‟s Four Generations of Jazz Violin, soloed numerous times in Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Orchestra, and performed or recorded with such artists as Regina Carter, Gene Bertoncini, Alan Ferber, Oscar Penas, Ike Sturm, Fabian Almazan, Nadje Noordhuis, Lynne Arriale, Charlie Byrd, and Skitch Henderson. Sara‟s formidable teaching experience includes the Manhattan School of Music College and Precollege Divisions, the Mark O‟Connor String Camps, the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops, the Indiana University String Academy, and a private studio. She has also given numerous jazz string improvisation workshops and masterclasses and is involved with JEN (Jazz Education Network), MENC (National Association of Music Education), and ASTA (American String Teachers Association). Raised in a musical family, Sara began playing violin at age 5, studied with two legendary giants (Josef Gingold ~ classical, David Baker ~ jazz), made her orchestral debut at 15, earned degrees from Indiana University and Manhattan School of Music, and amassed over 100 awards in the jazz and classical competition worlds. Jazz educator, author, and critic Dr. Herb Wong says: “A gifted starbright talent of the first magnitude, Sara is a top tier member of the young generation of major voices.” Jazz Vocalist Rachel Caswell is an award-winning jazz vocalist with a unique style combining extraordinary scatting ability and sensitive song interpretation. According to internationally-renowned jazz pedagogue David Baker, “Rachel Caswell is that rara avis who is truly a jazz vocalist. Her intonation is impeccable, her diction precise, her jazz sensibilities above reproach, and she swings like mad!” All these qualities can be heard on her debut CD Some Other Time with pianist Lynne Arriale, drummer Steve Davis, bassist Kelly Sill, and violinist Sara Caswell. Rachel and her sister Sara co-lead the Caswell Sisters Quintet, which has recorded a soon-to-be released CD project with acclaimed pianist Fred Hersch. Notable appearances of the Caswell Sisters include a weeklong After-Hours engagement at Dizzy‟s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York and an enthusiasticallyreceived set on the opening night concert of the 2010 inaugural Jazz Education Network Conference in St. Louis. Rachel also frequently collaborates with bassist Jeremy Allen, a duo selected to perform at the 2006 International Association for Jazz Education‟s Annual Conference in New York. Other notables with whom Rachel has performed include The Glenn Miller Orchestra, John Blake, Jr., Ingrid Jensen, the Billy Taylor Trio, and Curtis Fuller. In addition to Dizzy‟s Club Coca-Cola, Rachel has appeared at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati, OH, Cornelia Street Café in New York, NY, the Jazz Cabaret Series at the Kentucky Center of the Arts in Louisville, KY, colleges and universities including Temple University, University of Denver, Vassar College, Depauw University, Hope College, University of Evansville, Eastern Illinois University, West Virginia State University, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Indiana State University, as well as with big bands in Fargo, ND and Minneapolis, MN, the latter with charts commissioned by the Caswell Sisters. Rachel‟s pedagogical experience includes jazz-related masterclasses and clinics at numerous colleges and universities nationwide, most recently serving as a judge and clinician at the University of New Hampshire for the 2011 Clark Terry Jazz Festival in
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