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- Apr 23, 13Hello friends, thank you for stopping by!
In the newest of news, I am moving to New York on May 1st! I found an incredible living situation with wonderful musicians in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. Why New York? I've always wanted to live there, and I gotta take the plunge before it's too late! I will, of course, be back in Chicago fairly often to perform, and will greatly miss all the opportunities and musical brethren I have there.
I'm also working on releasing some tracks of my band, Maitri - I am singing on this album, and if you'd like a sneak peak on what this might sound like, check out a live version of Patience from a recent show at the Tonic Room!In other news, our record is doing very well - please pick up a copy if you haven't already.
Lots of praise so far from various sources, please take a read and let us know what you think!
Peter Margasak's Chicago Reader article
Players article in Downbeat Magazine
Jon Turney's London Jazz Review
Brent Black's Critical Jazz Review
S. Victor Aaron's Review on Something Else!
Mark F. Turner's Review on All About Jazz
Thomas Cunniffe's Review on Primarily Instrumental
Paul Abella's Review in Chicago Jazz MagazineMuch love,Caroline
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- Jun 16, 13June 7, 6-9pm
w/ Jon Michel (bass)
Sprig
885 3rd ave
Manhattan, NYC
June 11, 9pm
w/ Paul Bedal Group
The Whistler
2421 N. Milwaukee
Chicago IL
June 12, 9pm
w/ Makaya McCraven
The Bedford
1612 W. Division
Chicago IL
June 14, 7:30pm
w/ CJO, Tribute to Benny Goodman
Special guests: clarinetists Anat Cohen, Larry Combs, Eric Schneider; vocalists Sylvia Mcnair and Cyrille Aimée
Ravinia Festival, Chicago
June 18, 6-9pm
w/ Eric Hochberg and Steve Million
Catch 35
35 Wacker Dr.
Chicago IL
June 19, 10pm
w/ Caroline Davis Quartet and Michael Malis Group (from Detroit!)
Jerry's Sandwiches
1938 W. Division St
Chicago IL
June 20, 8pm
w/ Tony Barba and Ted Sirota
Lighthouse Tavern
7301 N. Sheridan Road
June 21, 10pm
w/ Deep Fayed (CD Release Party!)
Quenchers
2401 N. Western
Chicago IL
June 22, 11am
w/ Adolphe'S ax (Cameron Pfiffner's saxophone ensemble)
Juicebox Series, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St
June 22, 10pm-1am
w/ Chris Nolte and Matt Carroll
Ladybug Book Cafe
4305 N. Kedzie
Chicago IL
June 25, 10pm
w/ Whirlpool
The Observatory
3036 N. Lincoln, 4th Floor
Chicago IL
June 27-29, TBA
w/ Fatbook
Summerfest
Milwaukee WI
July 1, 9pm
w/ Caroline Davis Quartet
Webster's Wine Bar
1480 W. Webster
Chicago IL
July 5-7, TBA
w/ Fatbook
Summerfest
Milwaukee, WI
July 12, 6-9pm
w/ Jon Michel
Sprig885 3rd aveManhattan, NYC
July 19, 6-9pm
w/ Jon MichelSprig885 3rd aveManhattan, NYCJuly 26, 6-9pmw/ Jon MichelSprig885 3rd aveManhattan, NYC
----previous performances 2013may 4, 8pmw/ danny meyer (saxophone), kjetil jerve (piano), andreas wildhagen (drums)141 s. 5th street, 2ewilliamsburg, new york
may 11w/ curt sydnor's louis sullivan project (aaron dugan - guitar, jordan perlson - drums)dimenna center450 w. 37th streetnew york, new york
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BuyThis record is a representation of the artist's struggle to live, work, and play. I believe that patience is the guide through this process, but I'm constantly working to attain it. I find a bounty of relief in the words of 13th century poet, Rumi: "Workers rush toward some hint of emptiness, which they then start to fill. Their hope, though, is for emptiness, so don't think you must avoid it. It contains what you need!"-
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BuyPedway is a musical collaboration between three Chicago-based musicians, Quin Kirchner (drums), Matthew Golombisky (bass), and Caroline Davis (alto saxophone). Steeped in the traditions of jazz, rock, and whatever else has entered their consciousness, this group explores unchartered territory each time they perform. Their improvisations are inspired by many local Chicago groups and act as a bridge connecting a range of musical styles. Members of the group have collaborated with Tony Malaby, Jeff Parker, Tim Daisy, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Ted Sirota, Ellis Marsalis, Greg Ward, Ed Peterson, among others. - 8 tracks
Buyinspired by the generosity of a man (bob thomas) when my car broke down on the edens expressway on march 4, 2011 - 9 tracks
BuyZING! was originally formed for a one time performance on May 22nd, 2006 celebrating the birthday of one of the band members. After this first performance it was a mutual understanding that this Chicago-based group of musicians would soon become a new group. ZING! draws on the traditions of both acoustic improvised music, electronica and ambient music, with members contributing personal musical identities and backgrounds including a wide range of musical styles. Although all members of ZING! are steeped in the jazz tradition, all have ventured into other musical dimensions through study and performance with groups playing latin, rock, funk, drum ‘n bass, free jazz, classical, punk and many other styles of music. In live performance, this musical collective balances wholly improvised pieces with pre-composed ones, always freshly approaching the music. - 6 tracks
Downloadvarious groups playing jazz music including: quartet with mike allemana (guitar), john tate (bass), and jeremy cunningham (drums) duo with steve lesche (guitar) quartet with sean mccluskey (piano), jeff greene (bass), and jon deitemyer (drums) - 5 tracks
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- Mar 22, 13I have a genuine fascination with the process of learning - this is one reason I went to graduate school! You can check out my most recent CV if you'd like here.
Research: In 2010, I completed my Ph.D at Northwestern in Music Cognition. After six years of taking courses in Music, Cognitive Science, and Anthropology, teaching courses at Northwestern, collecting data and writing my dissertation, I made it! As a jazz musician, I have been exposed to the concept of contextual learning - the best way to learn this artform is by doing. And many times, we do this with the help of others - peer learning. Musician communities have always been fascinating to me, and in graduate school, I developed a keen interest in how culture influences cognition. So, I took some Ethnomusicology and Psychology classes to improve my understanding of the literature. My dissertation had several focuses, and if you'd like to read it, it's available here. For the short story, my dissertation had two goals:1) Model the content and structure of knowledge for famous jazz performers through interviews, focus groups, and listening experiments2) Understand the relationship between culture (jazz community) and this knowledge through social network analysisI found that associations for music are content-specific, hierarchically organized, and tailored to the listener's experience. I got some pretty cool graphs from the social network software, UCINET, developed by social network analysts at The University of California, Irvine. My most impressive figure is below, and it shows the network of names mentioned during my interviews with jazz musicians in Chicago - 461 names!I have extended this research of music communities to other regions. In 2011, I traveled to New Orleans, where I played music and spoke with some of the best jazz musicians in one of the birthplaces of jazz! Some of those musicians I had the privilege of spending time with were: Ellis Marsalis, Shannon Powell, Germaine Bazzel, Tim Green, Loren Pickford, Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson, Ed Petersen, Simon Lott, Rex Gregory, Darrian Douglas, and Jason Marsalis. In the future, I would like to return to New Orleans to conduct research in a more systematic way, to compare the jazz community with that in Chicago. I'd like to follow up with a perceptual study as well.
Columbia College (2012-13): I have been teaching Music Theory (20th Century Music Analysis, and Form and Analysis) at Columbia, and it has been really enjoyable! The students are very engaging, and I sometimes make them read articles and watch videos on Music and the Mind.
DePaul University (2010-12): During the winter quarter, I teach Psychology of Music Teaching and Learning, which is a graduate course designed to encourage a closer bond between Music Education and Music Psychology. The relationship between these two disciplines has the potential for growth. It is important to know how the mind develops in order to successfully apply learning techniques inside and outside of the classroom. What cognitive mechanisms prepare children for learning aspects of music, like melody, rhythm, harmony, and timbre? Should music educators be aware of age markers in music development? How does assessment play a role in musical development and creativity? How do we explain music psychology to children in the classroom? What components (social, cultural, musical, developmental, etc) contribute to the learning of music? These questions lie at the heart of this course. I also teach a similar course for undergraduates. The syllabus for the class can be found here.
Litchfield Jazz Camp (2005-2013): During the summers, I connect with jazz enthusiasts (young and old) for several weeks in Kent, Connecticut. The camp is also affiliated with the Litchfield Jazz Festival, which showcases world-renowned musicians, such as Jimmy Heath, Roy Haynes, Wayne Shorter, Dave Brubeck, Joe Lovano, Tito Puente, Slide Hampton, Toots Thielemans, Ray Charles, Tommy Flanagan, John Clayton, James Moody, Sonny Rollins, and Lee Konitz.
Northwestern University (2010-2011): As an Aural Skills instructor, I was able to work as part of a team, teaching a curriculum developed my music theorists at Northwestern. This curriculum is based on learning Partimenti in the galant style of music. In essence, our approach matched that which Mozart was exposed to as a young musician and composer in his heyday. We also incorporated traditional tools for rhythm, such as the Zoltán Kodály syllables.
Private Lessons: I have a modest-sized studio who are studying saxophone, piano, and flute performance at all levels. In the lessons, we will create an atmosphere for learning that is both motivating (i.e. fun!) and systematic. If you are interested, please contact me at carolinedavismusic@gmail.com.
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Born in Singapore to European parents, Caroline Davis has been exposed to a diversity of life experiences. Musical and academic worlds collided for her in Texas, where she studied jazz and psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington, after which she moved to Chicago in 2004 to pursue a Ph.D in Music Cognition.
Caroline has received a wide range of accolades including a Downbeat outstanding soloist award (2006), an outstanding Graduate Student presentation (2005 Performance Matters Conference in Portugal), performances with Sisters in Jazz as a part of IAJE (2005), and performances for the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program at the Kennedy Center (2011).
On the creative performance front, Caroline has performed with various groups including her own jazz quartet, Maitri, Fatbook, Deep Fayed, Zing!, Pedway, Tomorrow Music Orchestra, James Davis Quintet, and Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls. In addition, she frequently performs at private functions with various outfits that play jazz standards.
Her goals in life are associated with bridging the gap between academia and performance through collaboration.
Specialties: Performing music, higher education instruction.Experience- May 2013 - PresentEarly Childhood Music Teacher / Eastside Westside Music Together
Early childhood music classes for ages birth to 5, expanding the mind and brain through music and movement.
- Jan 2003 - PresentIndependent Musician / Caroline Davis Music
Perform locally for private and public functions in a duo, trio, or quartet setting. Repertoire includes music from the Great American songbook, or those tunes known as jazz standards.
- Sept 2012 - May 2013Adjunct Lecturer / Columbia College Chicago
Music theory instructor for Undergraduates (levels 3 and 4)
- Jun 2010 - May 2013Instructor / Merry Music Makers
Classes to develop the mind through music at an early age (birth to 6).
- Jun 2010 - May 2013Instructor / Marsha's Music Together
Classes to develop the mind through music at an early age (birth to 6).
- Jan 2010 - Dec 2012Adjunct Lecturer / DePaul University
I am currently teaching a graduate seminar class - Psychology of Music Teaching and Learning. As a discussion group, we are studying the intersection of music psychology and education, and how to incorporate the use of both in real-world teaching situations, mostly in the K-8 general music classroom.
- Sept 2010 - Jun 2011Adjunct Lecturer / Northwestern University
Teaching Aural Skills for developing musicians
- Sept 2004 - Sept 2009Ph.D Candidate, Graduate Assistant / Northwestern University
Programmed, administered, and analyzed data for experiments on pitch salience, music recognition and identification, and emotional salience under the direction of Elizabeth Margulis and Richard Ashley. Transcribed Arab melodies under the direction of Andrew Eisenberg.
- Sept 2001 - May 2004Research Assistant / University of Texas at Arlington Psychology Department
Collaborated on jazz soloist classification study and designed an experiment examining the role of familiarity, complexity, and preference in identification and judgment of jazz styles, under the direction of Ira Bernstein.
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2004 - 2009Northwestern UniversityPh.D in Music Theory/Cognition
Activities: Music Theory/Cognition Dissertation: Semantic Knowledge for Eminent Jazz Performers: A Study on the Impact of Community Affiliation and Expertise Advisor: Richard Ashley -
1999 - 2004The University of Texas at ArlingtonBachelor of Science and of Music in Psychology, Jazz Studies
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- Feb 26, 13::current projects::
caroline davis quartet/maitri/pedway/davismiller duo::music and art i support::::inspiration::
