CAROLINE DAVIS

2225 W. Walton, Unit 2 Chicago, IL 60622 USA carolinedavismusic@gmail.com 847.471.2673

EDUCATION
Northwestern University (NU) Ph.D in Music Cognition: 2010 Dissertation: Semantic Knowledge of Eminent Jazz Performers: A Study on the Impact of Community Affiliation and Expertise Advisor: Richard Ashley University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Honors B.A. in Jazz Studies: 2004, summa cum laude Honors B.S. in Psychology: 2004, summa cum laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Adjunct Instructor of Music Columbia College, 20th Century Music Theory, Form and Analysis: Fall 2012-present DePaul University, Psychology for Musicians: Fall 2012 DePaul University, Psychology of Music Teaching and Learning: Winter 2010-12 Northwestern University, Aural Skills: 2010-11 Northwestern University, Music and Mind: Fall 2008 Northwestern University, Chicago Jazz Elements and History: Spring 2007 Guest Lecturer Wheaton College, Big Band, Jazz Small Groups, Saxophone Sectionals: 2009-present St. Xavier University, Women in Music: 2013 Loyola University New Orleans, General World Music: 2011 Triton College, Jazz Small Group, Big Band, Rudiments of Theory: 2009-10 Northwestern University, Alumnae Continuing Education Course: 2009 Northwestern University, Introduction to World Music Cultures: 2008 Northwestern University, Jazz Perspectives, Big Band: 2005 Aural Skills, Jazz Theory, Small Group, and Master Class Instructor Litchfield, Connecticut Summer Jazz Institute: 2005-13 Evanston Township High School Summer Program: 2007-08 Birch Creek Performance Center Summer Program: 2006 University of Texas at Arlington Summer Jazz Camp: 2000-01 Private Music Lessons Mark Kinding Home, Piano/Guitar: 2012-13 Allegro Music Center, Substitute Voice/Piano: 2011-13 Suzanne Reznicek/Hougo Home, Piano: 2009-12 Wheeling High School, Saxophone: 2007-09 Anderson Music Substitute, Woodwinds: 2007-08 Kennedale Texas School District, Saxophone: 2003-04 Hurst-Euless-Bedford Texas School District, Saxophone: 2000-04 Early Childhood Music Instructor Instructor, Merry Music Makers: 2010-present Instructor, Marshas Music Together: 2010-present Substitute Teacher, Totsing Class, Nettelhorst Elementary School: 2009-2012

Academic Professional Attendee International Summer School in Systematic, Comparative and Cognitive Musicology, Jyvskyl, Finland, August 2009 Guest Reviewer Psychology of Music, 2008-2012 Abstract Reader and Session Chair Midwest Graduate Music Consortium, 2006 Coordinator, Music Cognition Colloquium Series Northwestern University, 2005-08 Performance Performer Whirlpool (jazz trio): 2012-present Deep Fayed (funk/soul): 2012-present Orso (folk/Americana): 2012-present Paul Bedal Quartet (jazz quartet): 2011-present Fatbook (soul/rhythm and blues): 2011-present Maitri (rhythm and blues quartet): 2010-present Caroline Davis Quartet (jazz quartet): 2010-present Wingbridge (chamber music): 2010-11 Treehouse (singer-songwriter): 2010-11 Zing! (jazz/experimental rock quintet): 2006-10 Tomorrow Music Orchestra (experimental music orchestra): 2006-10 James Davis Quintet (jazz quintet): 2006-10 Chuchito Valdez Group Summer in the Park Performance (Latin jazz): 2005 Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra, Quintet, Sextet: 2004-06 Tropical Sound, Latin Jamba Texas Salsa (salsa music): 2003-04 Guest Performer Joel Adams Chicago Yestet (jazz large ensemble): 2012 Matt Wilsons Arts and Crafts (jazz quartet): 2011-12 Ian Torres Big Band (jazz big band): 2010-2012 Brian Bonz and the Major Crimes (indie rock band): 2011 Jeff Hedbergs C11 (jazz big band): 2009, 2011 Charles Rumback Group (jazz quartet): 2010-11 Erin McKeown (singer-songwriter): 2008-10 Jenny Owen Youngs (singer-songwriter): 2009 Evanston Township High School (jazz ensembles): 2008 Ted Sirotas Rebel Souls (jazz quintet): 2007-12 Wheeling High School (jazz ensembles): 2007 Sabertooth at the Green Mill (jazz quartet): 2008 Recordings Alto Saxophone Caroline Davis Quartet, Live Work & Play: 2012 W.W. Lowman, Kumquat May: 2011 Stone-Bratt Big Band: 2008 Zing!, Magnetic Flux: 2007 James Davis Quintet, Angles of Refraction: 2007 Northwestern University Jazz, Jazz Spoken Here: 2006 Tomorrow Music Orchestra, Live at the Ice Factory: 2006 UTA Jazz Orchestra, UTA Jazz Straight Ahead: 2003

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Book Review Robert Hodson, Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz, in Psychology of Music, January 2009 Spoken Presentations Meaning construction in music communities, at the 19th Annual Pacific Northwest Music Graduate Students Conference, 2008 Conceptual structures of jazz musicians influences, at the 2nd Biennial Midwestern Conference for Culture, Language, and Cognition, Evanston, Illinois, 2007 A Timed Blindfold Test, at the 9th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Bologna, Italy, 2006 Music as a Rollercoaster Ride: The ups and downs of defining and creating improvised music in Chicago, at the Leeds International Jazz Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2006 Jazz is People, Just Like You, at the Midwest Academic Talent Search Award Ceremony, Evanston, Illinois, 2006 Jazz as a Musical Conversation: How do Jazz Musicians Communicate with Each Other? (revised), at the Northwestern University Phonatics Colloquium Series, Evanston, Illinois, 2006 Jazz as a Musical Conversation: Conversation: How do Jazz Musicians Communicate with Each Other?, at the Performance Matters International Conference, Porto, Portugal, 2005 Jazz as a Musical Conversation: Conversation: How do Jazz Musicians Communicate with Each Other?, Cambridge University Music Colloquium Series, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2005 Factors Affecting Preference for Various Historically Significant Jazz Styles, at the University of Texas at Arlington ACES Conference, Arlington, Texas, 2004. Factors Affecting Preference for Various Historically Significant Jazz Styles, at the University of Texas at Arlington Second Annual Psychology Conference, Arlington, Texas, 2004. Performance Presentations Performance with Zing! (jazz/improvised music quintet), at the Second Annual Conference of the International Society for Improvised Music, Evanston, IL, 2007 Performance with backGammon (improvised music group), at the First Annual Conference of the International Society for Improvised Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2006 Performance with backGammon (improvised music group), at the International Computer Music Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2006 Poster Presentations Describing eminent jazz performers, at the 7th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, Jyvskyl, Finland, 2009 Musicians transformations of the listening process, at the 10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sapporo, Japan, 2008 Mental representations of jazz musicians influences, at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Montreal, Canada, 2007

RESEARCH
Research Assistant Northwestern University Music Cognition Lab, 2005-9: Programmed, administered, and analyzed data for experiments on pitch salience, music recognition and identification, and emotional salience under the direction of Elizabeth Margulis and Richard Ashley Northwestern University Ethnomusicology Program, 2008: Transcribed Arab melodies under the direction of Andrew Eisenberg University of Texas at Arlington Department of Psychology Cognition Lab, 2002-4: Collaborated on jazz soloist classification study and designed an experiment examining the role of familiarity, complexity, and preference in identification and judgment of jazz styles, under the direction of Ira Bernstein

HONORS
Kennedy Centers Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Residency Program: 2011 Northwestern University Fellowship: 2004-09 Downbeat Student Awards Outstanding Soloist: 2007 International Association for Jazz Educators Sisters in Jazz Collegiate All-Stars: 2006 Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation, ICMPC Italy: 2006 University of Texas at Arlington Jack and Diane Armstrong Memorial Scholarship in Jazz Performance: 2003 Outstanding Psychology Graduate: 2003 Academic Excellence, General Music, and Jazz Scholarships: 1999-03