Carl Clements Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2010
Dissertation: “Pannalal Ghosh and the Bānsurī in the Twentieth Century”
Advisor: Dr. Peter Manuel
Committee Members: Dr. Stephen Blum, Dr. Jane Sugarman, Dr. George Ruckert
Doctoral studies in World Music at the New England Conservatory of Music,
2000-01
M.F.A., Jazz Performance Studies, California Institute of the Arts, 1990
B.M., Jazz Composition and Arranging, summa cum laude, Berklee College of Music, 1987
PRIVATE STUDY
Private studies in Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Theory, and Composition with Jerry Bergonzi (1983-87), Joe Viola (1985-87), George Garzone (1984-1985), James Newton (1988-90), and Joe Lovano (1987)
Private studies in North Indian classical music theory and performance with Nityanand Haldipur (Mumbai, India, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Devendra Murdeshwar (Mumbai, India, 1992-93), Amiya Dasgupta (Valencia, CA, 1988-90), Steve Gorn (New York, 1991-1992, 2000-2001), Dr. George Ruckert (Boston, MA, 1998-2001)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
College instructor
Jazz Combo Coach, Amherst College (2015-current)
Saxophone Instructor, Amherst College (2014-current)
Online Instructor (Music and Empowerment), Springfield College (2020)
Visiting Lecturer and Visiting Director of Jazz Performance, Amherst College (2018)
Jazz Ensemble (big band)
Jazz Combos
Beginning Jazz Theory/Improvisation
Visiting Lecturer, UMass Amherst (2017-2019)
Jazz Theory and Improvisation (beginning, intermediate, and advanced)
Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Private saxophone lessons
African American Music
Jazz Pedagogy
Adjunct Instructor, Amherst College (2017)
Ear Training for Advanced Topics in Jazz
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Hampshire College (2012-14, 2015-16)
Music of India
Music of the Hispanic Caribbean
Tonal Theory II (Chromatic Harmony)
Independent study in jazz composition of the 1960s
Independent study in music of Cuba
Jazz Improvisation Orchestra
Adjunct Instructor, Northeastern University (2012 and 2015)
Music of the U.S.A.
Adjunct Instructor, Greenfield Community College (2014-15, 2017)
20th Century American Popular Music (2014)
Jazz Eras and Styles (2015)
Tonal Theory I (Diatonic Harmony) (2017)
Aural Skills (2017)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University (2011)
Music of India and West Asia
Online course instructor, Boston University (2007, 2008, 2009)
Jazz Arranging
Adjunct Lecturer, Union County College, (2008)
Fundamentals of Music
Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay College (2004)
Jazz and Rock
Assistant Teacher, New England Conservatory (2000-01)
Assistant Teacher, California Institute of the Arts (1989-90)
Studio instructor (woodwinds)
Saxophone Instructor, Amherst College (2014-present)
Saxophone Instructor, UMass Amherst (2017)
Independent private instruction, saxophone, flute, and bansuri (1989-present)
Saxophone Instructor, The Roosevelt School, Hyde Park, MA (1999)
Saxophone Instructor, The Rivers School, Weston, MA (1998)
Saxophone Instructor, The New School of Music, Cambridge, MA (1997)
Saxophone Instructor, Lexington High School, Lexington, MA (1997)
Jazz/Blues Workshops
Blues Workshop, Bandra Base, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (2015)
Open Music Collective Jazz Intensive, Brattleboro, VT (2013, 2014, and 2015)
Taught ensemble, jazz theory, and listening workshops
PUBLICATIONS
Clements, Carl. 2020. “Inspirations from India in the Music of Alice and John Coltrane.” In Black Ambassadors of Politics, religion, and Jazz in India, Afr-South Asian in the Global African Diaspora, Vol. 3, edited by Omar H. Ali, Kenneth Robbins, Beheroze Shroff, and Jazmin Graves.272-285. Greensboro, NC: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Ethiopian and East African Studies Project and Ahmedabad Sidi Heritage and Educational Center, India.
Clements, Carl. 2015. Review of Experience and Meaning in Music Performance, by Martin Clayton, Byron Dueck, and Laura Leante. The World of Music (New Series) 4(1).
Clements, Carl. 2011. Review of Monument Eternal: The Music of Alice Coltrane, by Franya J. Berkman. American Music Review 41(1).
Clements, Carl 2011. Review of Hip Hop Desis: South Asian Americans, Blackness, and a Global Race Consciousness, by Nitasha Tamar Sharma. Journal of Intercultural Studies 32(5): 560-561.
Clements, Carl. 2011. “Tradition and Innovation in the Bansuri Performance Style of Pannalal Ghosh,” Analytical Approaches to World Music Journal 1(2): online.
Clements, Carl. 2011. “John Coltrane et l’Integration des Concepts Indiens dans le Jazz Improvise.” In John Coltrane : l'œuvre et son empreinte, edited by Vincent Cotro, 107-125. Paris, France: Outre Mesure.
Clements, Carl. 2008. “John Coltrane and the Integration of Indian Concepts in Jazz Improvisation,” Jazz Research Journal 2(2): 155-175.
Clements, Carl. 2007. “Indian Concepts in the Music of John Coltrane,” The Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter 37(1): 6-7, 14.
Clements, Carl. 2005. “Musical Interchange between Indian Music and Hip Hop.” In Critical Minded: New Approaches to Hip Hop Studies, edited by Ellie M. Hisama and Evan Rapport, 125-41. Brooklyn, NY: Institute for Studies in American Music.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Clements, Carl. 2010. “Tradition and Innovation in the Bansuri Performance Style of Pannalal Ghosh.” Paper presented at the Analytical Approaches to World Music conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February 19-21.
Clements, Carl. 2008. “Tradition and Innovation in the Bansuri Compositions of Pannalal Ghosh.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Wesleyan University, October 25-28.
Clements, Carl. 2007. “John Coltrane and the Integration of Indian Concepts in Jazz Improvisation.” Paper presented at the international conference “John Coltrane (1926-1967): L’œuvre et Son Empreinte.” Tours, France, Novermber 26-27.
Clements, Carl. 2003. “Hariprasad Chaurasia and Nityanand Haldipur: Stylistic Differences within a Gharana.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Miami, FL, October 2-5.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Invited Speaker
Guest lecturer on Jazz at UMass, Amherst (October, 2019)
Guest lecturer on John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman at UMass, Amherst (November, 2018)
Presentation for Jazz Composers Colloquium, Amherst College (February, 2015)
Presentation at the Amherst Women’s Club (November, 2015)
Presentation for Jazz Composer’s Colloquium at Amherst College (February, 2015)
Guest lecturer on Indian music at Skidmore College (April, 2011)
Guest lecturer on Indian music at Amherst College (April, 2011)
Guest lecturer on theory of bebop, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (April, 2011)
Presented paper “Tradition and Innovation in the Bansuri Performance Style of Pannalal Ghosh” for the Music Theory Lecture Series, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (April, 2010)
Guest lecturer in Indian music, Brooklyn College (April, 2010)
Guest lecturer on theory of bebop, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (July, 2009)
Guest lecturer on Indian music and jazz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (October, 2008)
Guest lecturer on Indian music and jazz, University of Georgia, Athens (October, 2007)
Guest lecturer on Indian music at Brooklyn College (December, 2006)
Guest lecturer in Indian music, Brooklyn College (November, 2003)
Guest lecturer for “Rhythm and Groove” class, New England Conservatory (April, 1999)
Recital and lecture/demonstration on bansuri at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (January, 1998)
Managing Editor, Institute for Studies in American Music, Brooklyn College (September 2004-September 2009)
Editing, research, and formatting of the ISAM Newsletter
Website maintenance
Outreach, advertising, and graphic design
Elected Positions
Student member of the Dissertation Proposal and Faculty Selection Committee, City University of New York Graduate Center (2006-2008)
Student representative to the Executive Committee, City University of New York Graduate Center (2004-06)
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Selected Jazz Performances
UMass Jazz Faculty Concert (2017, 2018, 2019)
Performance tour in Germany (2019)
Guest performer with UMass Jazz Ensemble I (2017, 2018)
Performances with the Salsa Train Orquestra at the Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival and Millpond Live (2017, 2018)
Amherst College Adjunct Jazz Faculty Recital (2016)
Amherst College Adjunct Jazz Faculty Concert (2015, 2016, 2017)
Performance at the National Center for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, India (2016)
The Northampton Jazz Festival, Northampton, MA (2014)
Performances at the National Center for the Performing Arts, Whistling Woods Institute, Bandra Base, and Blue Frog, Mumbai, India (2013)
The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, Hartford, CT (2013)
Performance tour in Germany (2012)
Performance tours in Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, and Netherlands (2011)
Performance tour in India (2010)
Performance tour in Germany (2009)
City of the World series at Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, (2009)
The Indigo and Blues Jazz Festival, Bangalore, India (2009)
Performance at the National Center for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, India (2008)
The Mumbai Festival, Mumbai, India (2008)
The Mood Indigo Festival, Mumbai, India (2007)
The American Center, Mumbai in Rajkot, India (2007)
The Jazz Yatra Festival, Mumbai, India (2002)
The Regattabar Jazz Festival, Boston, MA (1998, 2000)
The CRY Jazz Festival, Mumbai, India (1997)
The Thailand International Jazz Festival, Bangkok, Thailand (1996)
The Jazz Yatra festival, Mumbai, India (1996)
The Tokyo Summer Jazz Festival Tokyo, Japan (1993)
The Malaysian Jazz Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1993)
The Boston Globe Jazz Festival (with James Newton), Boston, MA (1990)
Selected Indian Classical Performances
Bansuri performance, Lathrop Community, Northampton, MA (2016)
Bansuri performance, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (2016)
Bansuri performance, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA (2015)
Bansuri performance, Pioneer Valley Shambhala Center, Northampton, MA (2013)
Bansuri performance, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (2012)
Bansuri performance, Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY (2009)
Bansuri performance, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ (2007)
Bansuri performance for Pannalal Ghosh’s birthday celebration, Sangit Mahabharati, Mumbai, India (2005)
SELECTED RECORDINGS
Kevin Kastning, Sándor Szabó, and Carl Clements. Convergenge I. Greydisc, 2020, digital.
Julian Gerstin Sextet. The Old City. 2018, compact disc.
Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements. Even This Late It Happens. Greydisc, 2017, compact disc.
Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements. A Far Reflection. Greydisc, 2016, compact disc.
Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements. Watercolor Sky. Greydisc, 2014, compact disc.
Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements. Nowhere, Now Here. Greydisc, 2013, compact disc.
Latin Jazz Evolution. Conquistador. Blue Truffle, 2012, compact disc.
Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements. Dreaming As I Knew. Greydisc, 2012, compact disc.
Indica Project. Full House. The Indica Project, 2009, compact disc.
Carl Clements. Forth and Back. Saraswati, 2005, compact disc.
Crosscurrent. Rituals. Laugh and Jangle Records, 2000, compact disc.
Eric T. Johnson featuring Crosscurrent. By the Sea. Laugh and Jangle Records, 1997, compact disc.
Divya. Kumbamela: Earthbeat Music, 1997, compact disc.
Steve Kirby. Point of Balance. Amsterdam: A-Records, 1997, compact disc.
Eric T. Johnson featuring Crosscurrent. The Island. Laugh and Jangle Records, 1996, compact disc.
Crosscurrent debut album: Laugh and Jangle Records, 1996, compact disc.
HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
CUNY Graduate Center Graduate Assistantship
New England Conservatory Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship
California Institute of the Arts Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship
Berklee College of Music Professional Music Scholarship
Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music
LANGUAGES
Hindi, Spanish, German
INSTRUMENTS
Saxophones, Flute, Alto Flute, North Indian Bamboo Flute (Bansuri), Clarinet