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Jason Caslor, affiliate professor and director of bands in Arizona State College’s Faculty of Track, Dance and Theatre, has been awarded the 2022 World Band Award by way of the Canadian Band Affiliation.

Caslor was once introduced with the award by way of Darrin Oehlerking, director of the College of Saskatchewan Wind Orchestra and affiliate dean of scholar affairs for the Faculty of Arts and Science. Oehlerking may be a previous president of the Canadian Band Affiliation.

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“I used to be totally shocked once they introduced me with the award,” Caslor mentioned. “I used to be visitor accomplishing in Canada on the Halifax Group Band Competition when some of the different conductors, Dr. Darrin Oehlerking, stopped between items and started speaking to the target market concerning the award and its standards. It was once additional particular having Darrin provide the award, as we have now recognized every different for over two decades, and he’s considered one of my absolute closest buddies.”

Caslor was once nominated by way of the Saskatchewan Band Affiliation and is most effective the 6th recipient of the award since 1991.

The award acknowledges the ones people who have embraced the beliefs of the Canadian Band Affiliation (CBA) and feature contributed to the promotion, expansion and building of the musical, instructional and cultural values of Canadian band outdoor of Canada.

A champion of Canadian band compositions and values, Caslor mentioned he relishes each and every alternative to introduce Canadian wind band song to new ensembles and audiences.

“Caslor was once the visionary at the back of CBA’s Howard Cable Memorial Prize in Composition, which permits for building and popularity of the significance of song for growing wind bands,” Oehlerking mentioned. “He’s extraordinarily supportive and lively in commissioning new works for winds, and champions established and rising composers’ efforts to push the envelope for winds as a significant artwork shape.”

Caslor, a grasp instructor and academic clinician for Conn-Selmer, has taught at each and every degree, from fundamental song to graduate scholars. He’s additionally dedicated to community-building and mentorship via his involvement with the United Sound challenge, which goals to take away boundaries and foster social alternate via song.

Caslor holds levels from ASU, the College of Saskatchewan and the College of Manitoba in Canada. He’s in call for as a visitor conductor and adjudicator throughout North The us and has performed honor bands throughout Canada and america. He has commissioned a large number of new works for wind bands and has given displays and grasp categories in america, Canada and Europe. In 2019, he was once co-chair of the 2019 Faculty Band Administrators Nationwide Affiliation Nationwide Conference, which was once held at ASU.

“I imagine myself very lucky to each train at ASU and now have a large number of alternatives every 12 months to go back to Canada to collaborate with lots of its wonderful song educators and musicians,” Caslor mentioned. “I actually love ASU and all of the alternatives it has afforded me and my circle of relatives. I’m additionally a fiercely proud Canadian. No doubt, it was once the steerage and mentorship that I gained rising up in Canada that constructed the basis for the successes I’ve had right here at ASU.”