Biography
Dr. Jared Chase is a professional conductor, educator, and trumpet performer from Rochester, New York. He is the Associate Director of the School of Music at Nazareth University where he directs the Nazareth University Wind Symphony and Chamber Winds, teaches courses in conducting, rehearsal techniques, and music education, as well as playing trumpet in the Wilmot Brass Quintet. He also serves as the College Band Directors National Association Eastern Division president.
As a conductor, he is at home in any genre and has conducted numerous professional ensembles and organizations. He is the music director for the New York State Ballet and First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford. He has led collaborations between the Rochester Oratorio Society, New York State Ballet, and Rochester Lyric Opera in dramatic performances of Bizet’s Carmen and Orff’s Carmina Burana, Mozart’s Requiem and Marriage of Figaro, as well as the annual Nutcracker performances. He conducted the premiere performance of John Musto’s contemporary comic opera Bastienello and numerous musical theatre productions such as You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow, Company, Cabaret, White Christmas, and Annie, as well as a big band ballet production of the music of Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. As music director at First Presbyterian of Pittsford, he has led performances of major choral-orchestral works by Mozart, Faure, Rutter, Handel, Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi and Michael Haydn. In addition, he has guest conducted the United States Military Academy “West Point” Band, the United States Coast Guard Band, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and all state ensembles in New York, Connecticut and New Hampshire.
As a trumpeter, he continues to be an active freelance performer and regularly performs with the Wilmot Brass Quintet and has performed with the Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Springfield Symphony, Blue Ash Symphony, Kentucky Symphony, Lima Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Salina Symphony, Hutchinson Symphony, Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble, the Bach Society of Dayton, Boulder Broadway Company, Colorado Light Opera, and the Boulder Dinner Theater. Dr. Chase has taught at the Eastman School of Music, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Bethany College, Sinclair Community College, Central State University and grades 4-12 band and choir in the public schools of Ohio. As a passionate and committed music educator, he is in regular demand as a guest conductor and adjudicator throughout the United States and Canada.
Beyond that, Dr. Chase is an avid triathlete who has completed 3 IRONMAN races, lives in Fairport, NY with his wife Diana (band director at Canandaigua Academy and member of the PSO), and two sons Jackson and Bodie.