Enjoy an eclectic mix of contemporary music for two trumpets and jazz. Works by Plog, Satie, Wheeler, Turrin and Morales. Other performers include Ina Selvelieva and Angelo Versace on piano, Arthur Vint on drums, and Scott Black on bass.
About the Artists
Dr. Jacob Dalager is an international crossover soloist, orchestral and chamber musician, award-winning composer, and Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Director of Jazz at New Mexico State University. He is an innovative pedagogue, taking a modern and individualized approach to solving the trumpet’s technical challenges and laying the groundwork for each student’s multi-faceted music career.
Dalager’s first solo recording, Paradigms: The Music of Anthony Plog (Tonsehen, 2021) featured seven previously-unrecorded pieces by Plog. With a warm sound, nuanced phrasing, and technically spectacular passages, it has received critical acclaim in Fanfare, ITG Journal, Meet the Artist, and American Record Guide.Jacob premiered his second concerto, Organ Mountain Fantasia (a featured selection at the 2024 International Trumpet Guild and College Music Society conferences), with the NMSU Wind Symphony in 2022 to enthusiastic reception. He performed his first concerto, 3ɟutures (which took second prize at the 2022 Music International Grand Prix and Honorable Mention in the 2023 American Prize competition), with the Austin Symphony Orchestra in 2019 after playing three concerti with the orchestra in 2016. Prior to that, he soloed with the Jesselton Philharmonic, Te Deum Chamber Orchestra, and the St. Olaf Band and Orchestra.Dalager is a member of the Las Cruces Symphony and regular guest with the El Paso Symphony. Before moving to New Mexico, he was principal trumpet of the Washington Chamber Orchestra for six seasons and has been a guest performer with the National Philharmonic, Post-Classical Ensemble, Rochester Philharmonic, Symphoria, Singapore Symphony, National Taiwan Symphony, and Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestras, among others. He can be heard on the Singapore Symphony’s recordings of Rachmaninoff and Debussy.
As a chamber musician, Dalager re-formed the NMSU Brass Quintet and led the acclaimed Parkway Brass and M-Street Brass Quintets in Maryland. His groundbreaking quintet, Suite Analogique, has been performed across the country and won third prize in the 2023 American Prize competition, second in the 2020 Robert Avalon International Competition for Composers, and the 2022 Foundation for Modern Music Audience Choice Award.
A versatile crossover musician, Jacob plays solo trumpet with the Border Jazz Orchestra and leads the NMSU Faculty Jazz Sextet; he was lead trumpet of the Wammy-award-winning bands Black Masala and Shamans of Sound. He headlined the 2022 FIMUS Jazz Festival in Brazil and performed at the Singapore International and World Youth Jazz Festivals.
Dalager holds a D.M.A. from Catholic University (2020), M.M. from the Eastman School of Music (2012), and a B.A. and B.M. from St. Olaf College (2009). For more information, visit www.jacobdalager.com.
Trumpeter Jason Carder’s dynamic personality and nimble talent allow him to move fluidly from intimate jazz clubs to concert stages before audiences of thousands. As Yanni’s solo trumpeter since 2008, Carder has performed all over the world as well as record four live DVD’s. Yanni Voices Live at the Forum at Mundo Imperial, Yanni Live at El Morro, Yanni World Without Borders and Dream Concert at the Pyramids of Giza.
Throughout his career, Jason has toured with a diverse lineup of artists including Maria Schneider, Ray Charles, Woody Herman Orchestra, Arturo Sandoval Big Band, the Jaco Pastorius (Word of Mouth) Big Band, Maynard Ferguson and his Big Bop Nouveau Band, Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra Jr., K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Dr. John, The Toasters, Carlos Oliva y Los Sobrino’s del Juez, Magnum Band, Tabou Combo, The Original Wildcat Jass Band, Anatoly Vapirov Big Band and the H2 Big band.
He has contributed his talent to over 125 C.D.’s including the 2023 Latin Grammy winner for best instrumental album, Made in Miami. Other notable C.D.’s include Arturo Sandoval’s Rumba Palace, Americana, and the Grammy Award-winning Hot House, Latin Grammy winner Mamblue by Ed Calle, Grammy nominated Sky Blue by Maria Schneider and others with the 14 Jazz Orchestra, Jaco Pastorius Big Band, Michael Bolton, Julian Marley, Gloria Estefan, Wyclef Jean, Placido Domingo, and the Bee Gees. His soundtrack credits include There’s Something About Mary, Studio 54, and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.
Jason studied music at University of Miami, Interlochen Arts Academy, Banff Center for the Arts, and Aspen Music Festival. He chaired the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Improvisation Competition from 2015-2020 and now holds a position at the UA School of Music as the Assistant Professor of Trumpet. His other positions include principal trumpet with the Tucson Pops Orchestra and 1st trumpet with the Century Room Jazz Orchestra. His mentors include Steve Steele, Whit Sidener and Gilbert Johnson.