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Sara Caswell

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Christmas has come early this year! 🎄Ever since

Christmas has come early this year! 🎄Ever since being forced to gate check one of these fiddles on a flight a few years back, I’ve been searching high & low for a case that will hold both my violin & hardanger d’amore AND fit in most overhead flight bins. Thanks to the incredible violinist @lizknowlesmusic , I learned of this awesome #maurizioriboni double case design & in early-September commissioned the making of one for my babies. Ta-dah!!! A travel game-changer ❤️🎻🎻❤️

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! 🦃🍁🥂#familytime #backhomeagaininindiana

Honored to be included in the 2023 @downbeat_mag R

Honored to be included in the 2023 @downbeat_mag Readers Poll! Thanks so much to the voters for their support & congrats to all the incredible violinists on this year’s list. Ever grateful to be part of such an inspiring community! #jazzviolin #jazzstrings

Congratulations to @darcyjamesargue for his GRAMMY

Congratulations to @darcyjamesargue for his GRAMMY® nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album! 🎉🥂🍾 As a longtime fan of Darcy’s music & this band, I’m thrilled & honored to have had the opportunity to record a piece for this project (Tensile Curves). And how exciting to see so many friends nominated in a variety of categories! Cheers to everyone for the magnificent work you create & share with the world! #recordingacademy #grammys2024 @nonesuchrecords #dynamicmaximumtension #darcyjamesarguessecretsociety

Headed to @berkleecollege following an awesome 11

Headed to @berkleecollege following an awesome 11 days on the road with @chuckowen54 & ReSurgence (w/ @kategenevievemcgarry 🎤/ #jackwilkins 🎷/ @corey_guitar 🎸/ @neuenschwandermark 🎻/ @adam.cruz.music 🥁+ @westsax 🔈). What a joy being with these amazing folk on/off stage & performing Chuck’s brilliant music - looking forward to more in 2024!

Hard to believe November is already upon us - woke

Hard to believe November is already upon us - woke up in Cleveland today to the 1st snow of the season ❄️! Looking forward to closing out 2023 with these amazing folk over the next couple months. More info about these concerts can be found on my website linked above ⬆️ #ontheroad

An awesome couple weeks on the road with @oscarpen

An awesome couple weeks on the road with @oscarpenasjazz ‘s quartet (w/ @moto_fukushima & @richiebarshay ) + a fun Theremin Noir concert w/ @robschwimmer & Uri Caine. Home for a few days before hitting the road Tuesday for 2 weeks with @chuck.owen.7 & ReSurgence (w/ @kategenevievemcgarry / Jack Wilkins / @corey_guitar / @neuenschwandermark / @adam.cruz.music ). #ontheroad #suitcasetravels #lovethislife

Wonderful reconnecting with two people from my chi

Wonderful reconnecting with two people from my childhood yesterday while in Baltimore…
• Rebecca Henry, my 1st violin teacher with whom I studied from age 5-7 via the pre-college string program at @iujsom
• My cousin @robert.a.caswell who I haven’t seen since we were little kids (he now just so happens to be a string repair technician & his daughter a budding young violinist)

Down to the final 2 days of voting! For those Reco

Down to the final 2 days of voting! For those Recording Academy members still listening, I’d be honored for you to hear & consider this music from my album “The Way to You” @anzicrecords :

• Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
The Way to You
• Best Instrumental Composition:
Spinning
• Best Jazz Performance:
South Shore

Thanks so much, & best of luck to all those on this year’s ballot! 📸: @shervinfoto #grammys #fyc #recordingacademy #jazzviolin

It’s GRAMMY® season, & I’m excited to announc

It’s GRAMMY® season, & I’m excited to announce that my album “The Way to You” (Anzic Records) is up for consideration in 3 categories:

• Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
The Way to You
• Best Instrumental Composition:
Spinning
• Best Jazz Performance:
South Shore

Voting members of The Recording Academy: I’d be honored for you to hear & consider this music. Voting begins today & continues through Oct.20th. Thanks so much, & best of luck to all those on this year’s ballot! 📸: Shervin Lainez #grammys #fyc #recordingacademy #jazzviolin

4 days on the road with these guys - the best! A j

4 days on the road with these guys - the best! A joy beyond measure bringing @ike.sturm @jesselewismusic & @jschonig to my home state of Indiana for the 1st time for a handful of concerts. Thanks so much everyone who had a hand in making this mini-tour a success: @rachelcaswellvox (who also sang her butt off 🔥), Mama Caz, @thejazzkitchen , the @uofljazz dept (@ansynbanks / @daveclarkjazz / Gabe Evens / Chris Fitzgerald), the folks of Under the Radar (Steve Amos & Steve Roll), Tory & @cecimarpu Puntarelli, @johnsevydrums , @dave.stryker , & Jeremy Allen 🙏🏼 #grateful

Back in Brooklyn following a terrific 3 days at @

Back in Brooklyn following a terrific 3 days at @appstate with #JackWilkins & his Blue & Green Project. Big thanks to Jack, Todd Wright, @tinam.wilkins & the ASU students/faculty/staff for all they did to make it such a memorable gathering.

One week from today! Bringing my quartet to @theja

One week from today! Bringing my quartet to @thejazzkitchen , our 1st stop on a 4-day road trip through central/southern Indiana. My last time performing at the JK was in 2018 w/ my sister @rachelcaswellvox - can’t wait to reconnect with my Hoosier friends & family & introduce them to @ike.sturm @jesselewismusic and @jschonig ! For tickets & concert info, visit my website calendar via the link above ⬆️

Two weeks from today! Headed to my home state of I

Two weeks from today! Headed to my home state of Indiana for a batch of concerts in celebration of my new album “On The Way to You”. This will be the 1st time bringing my quartet (@ike.sturm / @jesselewismusic / @jschonig ) to the Midwest - excited to introduce them to my Hoosier friends & family, & for audiences to hear why I love making music with them so much 💕 To top this off, the guys & I will be joined by my brilliant sister/vocalist @rachelcaswellvox with whom I haven’t performed in Indiana since 2019(!). More info about these events can be found on my website calendar via the link above ⬆️ @thejazzkitchen

Two more nights at @thejazzgallery celebrating the

Two more nights at @thejazzgallery celebrating the epic new double album by @darcyjamesargue & Secret Society: Dynamic Maximum Tension. Incredible music & musicians - such a thrill performing this piece w/ them! @nonesuchrecords

Such an amazing night sharing the stage with these

Such an amazing night sharing the stage with these incredible musicians (l-r: @billychildspiano / @stevewilsonsax / 🎻/ @kurtelling @reid_rufus / @christianeuman ). Prior to this concert, my last time at Ravinia was in 2000 as a Fellow at the @steansmusicinstitute where I & around 20 young jazzers had the opportunity to study w/ Rufus, David Baker, Nathan Davis, & James Moody for 4 remarkable days. To return these many years later & collaborate with RSMI’s current jazz directors (Rufus, Billy, & Steve) was a musical homecoming. Grateful to them for the invitation to be part of this gathering & the Steans Institute for all the remarkable work they do to support young creatives. 🙏🏼

TONIGHT in Chicago! Collaborating with this incred

TONIGHT in Chicago! Collaborating with this incredible group is a dream come true 🙏🏼 @billychildspiano @stevewilsonsax @reid_rufus @kurtelling @christianeuman @steansmusicinstitute @raviniafestival

Out today!! “Dynamic Maximum Tension” by @darc

Out today!! “Dynamic Maximum Tension” by @darcyjamesargue ‘s Secret Society! An incredible 2-disc album of 11 compositions written in tribute to forward-looking thinkers of the 20th century. I’m honored to play on “Tensile Curves”, Darcy’s 35-min work inspired by Duke Ellington’s 1937 “Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blue”. @nonesuchrecords #dynamicmaximumtension #darcyjamesarguessecretsociety

1st day of my 8th year teaching at @berkleecollege

1st day of my 8th year teaching at @berkleecollege - looking forward to reuniting with faculty/students/staff, & welcoming the newest members to this awesome musical community 🎻 #berkleestrings #jazzviolin

So comes the end of summer & start of autumn (my f

So comes the end of summer & start of autumn (my favorite season 🍁). Looking forward to collaborating with these amazing folk over the next couple months! More info about these concerts can be found on my website linked above ⬆️ #ontheroad #musicislife #lifeisgood

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Photos by Emma Mead & Luke Marantz & Shervin Lainez
Website by Ellanyze

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