Guest Artist Recital: Caleb Carpenter, saxophone

ABOUT CALEB CARPENTER

Caleb Carpenter currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Music at Allen University (Columbia, SC), and as the interim Instructor of Saxophone at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, NC). His responsibilities at Allen include teaching applied woodwind lessons, leading the Jazz Ensemble, co-directing the Symphonic Winds, assistant directing the Marching Band, and teaching various academic courses for the Music Department. At UNCSA, he teaches applied saxophone, leads studio class, and coaches chamber ensembles.

Caleb has seen success in many performance competitions across the country. He was the national winner of the MTNA Young Artist Woodwind competition, named the winner of Northwestern University’s Concerto Competition, and selected as a finalist in both the North American Saxophone Alliance College Solo Competition and the Boulder International Chamber Music Competition. Caleb continues to push himself and his students to perform at their highest level.