The Columbus International Jazz Series
This annual series at Capital University features the finest jazz musicians from around the world. This program is supported by the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Ohio Arts Council.
All performances will take place at the Capital University Conservatory - Huntington Recital Hall.
September 3rd
Adam O’Farrill’s Stranger Days
September 30th
Caleb Wheeler Curtis Quartet
October 22nd
Kalia Vandever Quartet
Adam O’Farrill’s Stranger Days
September 3, 2022 @ 7PM
For the inaugural performance we proudly present acclaimed Brooklyn-born trumpeter, Adam O’Farrill and his band Stranger Days. For tickets click here.
Brooklyn-bred artist Adam O’Farrill has been heralded as “among the the leading trumpeters in jazz- and perhaps the music’s next major improviser.” (The New York Times). Born into a musical legacy that includes composer Chico O’Farrill and pianist Arturo O’Farrill, Adam has cemented his status as one of creative music’s most in-demand voices, collaborating with Mary Halvorson, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mulatu Astatke, Samora Pinderhughes, Anna Webber, Vijay Iyer, Mahogany L. Browne, Kambui Olujimi, and Stimmerman. In 2021, Adam released his third album, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia Records), with his quartet, Stranger Days. The album was listed as one of the best albums of 2021 by The New York Times, won the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, and The Wall Street Journal wrote of the album, “Mr. O’Farrill’s music is refined and discreet; it integrates aspects of art rock and contemporary classical musicand boasts a cinematic influence.” For his work as a composer and bandleader, Adam has received awards, commissions, and grants from the ASCAP Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Jazz Gallery, Roulette, The Shifting Foundation, and South Arts.
Caleb Wheeler Curtis Quartet
September 30, 2022 @ 7PM - for tickets click here.
Brooklyn, NY based saxophonist and multi instrumentalist Caleb Wheeler Curtis “lives at the junction of rigorous preparation and willingness to explore.” He appears on two GRAMMY Nominated albums by Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band. With three albums as a leader, and more than a half dozen in close collaborations, Caleb is turning heads and has established a formidable reputation as an improviser and composer of note. His latest album, HEATMAP (feat. Orrin Evans, Eric Revis and Gerald Cleaver, 2022) was released to wide critical acclaim across North America and Europe from DownBeat Magazine, Jazzwise, and others. In addition to band leading, Caleb is a core member of Ember (Sunnyside Records) and Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band (Smoke Sessions). Caleb is a 2021 MacDowell Fellow, D’Addario Woodwinds Artist, SYOS Mouthpiece Artist, and records for Imani Records.
Kalia Vandever Quartet
October 22, 2022 @ 7PM - for tickets click here.
Kalia Vandever is a trombonist, composer, and educator living in Brooklyn, NY. She released her debut album, “In Bloom” in 2019 which has been described as "the rise of an exciting voice for the music." (Seton Hawkins, Hot House Jazz Magazine) Kalia's sophomore album, Regrowth released in May, 2022 on New Amsterdam Records and "confirms her strengths as a composer and bandleader with a distinctly contemporary point of view." (Nate Chinen, WBGO Jazz) She has toured and performed internationally with her quartet, as well as a side-woman, performing with artists including Moses Sumney, Joel Ross, Immanuel Wilkins, Maria Grand, Fay Victor and others. Kalia is an awardee of the 2022 Next Jazz Legacy, a program founded by New Music USA and Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. She has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Preservation Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, The Jazz Gallery, The Blue Whale, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, SMOKE Jazz Club, the Blue Note, and the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. While performing regularly as a bandleader and side-woman, Kalia is also an active composer and arranger. She has been commissioned to write works for groups and individuals including Tesla Quartet, The Westerlies, Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim, Hats & Heels Duo and more.
