Jason Caslor
Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Conducting
B.Ed - University of Saskatchewan
B.Mus – University of Saskatchewan
M.Mus – University of Manitoba
DMA - Arizona State University
Office: MU-2018
Phone: (709) 864-4487
E-mail: jcaslor@mun.ca
Web: www.jasoncaslor.com
Described as "a refreshingly talented young Canadian conductor", Dr. Jason Caslor currently serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Memorial University in St. John’s, NL where he conducts both the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra and teaches conducting. He recently completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts (Conducting) at Arizona State University where his principal conducting teacher was Professor Gary Hill, Director of Ensemble Studies. Other mentors include Dr. Dale J. Lonis, Dr. Wayne Bailey and Dr. Fraser Linklater.
From 2005-2008, Jason was Resident Conductor with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, a 30 member professional ensemble. During his tenure with the TBSO, he conducted over 75 concerts (including a CBC Radio broadcast), designed and implemented a myriad of education and outreach initiatives, was instrumental is helping secure numerous local, provincial, and national grants, and recorded a full-length, internationally distributed CD with Canadian blues artist Rita Chiarelli. Described as "the lushest-sounding set of blues ever recorded in Canada", it received two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations.
As an educator, Jason spent several years teaching in the public school system as both an instrumental and choral instructor. At the post-secondary level, Jason directed the Lakehead University Wind Ensemble for the 2007-08 academic year. He is increasingly active as a clinician, adjudicator, and conductor for festivals, honour bands, and music camps across Canada. Jason is also a faculty member with the annual Canadian Wind Conductors Development Program.
Dr. Caslor’s current research interests include spontaneous improvisation as it pertains to both conducting pedagogy and large, school-based instrumental ensembles, the wind music of Giya Kancheli and Nikolai Myaskovsky, and the observation of compositional propulsion through cadential manipulation during the score study process.
