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Underriner Quintet Live at Timucua Arts Foundation
A concert of original compositions by Chaz Underriner performed by a quintet of musicians based throughout Florida. The quintet performs structured improvisations inspired by jazz, funk, blues, and folk styles. Recorded on August 13th, 2023 at the Timucua Arts Foundation in Orlando, Florida as a part of their International Guitar Festival.
Chaz Underriner, guitar / Dan Walters, bass / Carlos Martinez, keys / Garrett Wingfield, saxophone / David Weatherspoon, drums
Chaz Underriner Quintet Tour!
The band’s first tour! For links and details, head over to https://underrinerband.com/events/.
Awarded Tenure
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Digital Arts at Stetson University.
Session No. 1
Session no. 1 is the first EP by the Chaz Underriner Quintet, a group founded in 2022 as vehicle for Chaz’s new compositions inspired by jazz, funk, blues, and folk music. The EP consists of 4 tracks, each of which are original jazz compositions for the quintet.
Personnel:
Chaz Underriner, composition and guitar
Garrett Wingfield, saxophones
Carlos Martinez, keyboard
Dan Walters, bass
Colby Savary, drums
Recorded in Tinsley Hall, Stetson University July 9th, 2022
Destin Beaumont, audio engineer
Jodi-Ann Taylor and Connor Bradt, video and audio engineering
Chaz Underriner, mixing engineer and video editor
Little God
A video collaboration with poet Avni Vyas commissioned by the Stetson MFA of the Americas and Burrow Press based on her book Little God.
Continue reading →Meditations review in The Wire
I’m thrilled that Meditations has been reviewed in The Wire magazine by writer Julian Cowley in issue 457 (March 2022)! Here is a link to the issue and here is the text of the review.
Continue reading →Meditations
For 4 vocalists, piano, cello, percussion, and electronics. Composed during residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the NYU Music Technology studios in the summer of 2021. Recorded for and released on Edition Wandelweiser Records.
Reviewed in The Wire magazine, the Squid’s Ear online magazine.
Radio play on ConcertZender.nl (Netherlands), the RTQE show on WORT (Madison), the Double Bummer show on XRAY.FM (Portland), dublab (LA) Night After Night and more.
Continue reading →Miniature for string trio
Commissioned by the Amorsima Trio for their “20 New Miniatures in Reaction to Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary” program.
Seniors 2021
I’m very proud of my Digital Arts and Music Technology seniors from this year at Stetson. They have made a group of excellent and versatile projects that are sound/music based. I was the senior research mentor for Music Technology majors Destin Beaumont, Gracie Lookadoo, Chris Rodriguez, Kris Villota and Digital Arts majors Jose Moncayo Arteaga, Anthony Donofrio, Cameron Gesternslager, Dan Levins, Gordon Silva, Peter Sutherland, Courtni Wade, and Jacob Woods. Congratulations 2021 graduates!
Continue reading →Depth of Field
for orchestra
2 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 Timp, 2 Perc, Celeste, Harp Strings
duration ca. 9 minutes