Certificate Recital: Gabriel Chalick, Jazz Trumpet

This recital is hopefully an encapsulation of the musical ideas and melodies that

have taken up my headspace during these four years at Princeton. During these

four years, I have found myself pushed in many ways to explore, whether that

be in class, or ensembles, or in figuring out what I should do with the rest of my

life. I don’t really have too much to say about the music itself but it loosely maps

the main musical influences that I have drawn from in my own playing and

writing and hopefully sounds like somewhat of a finished product.

Most of the melodies were stuck in my head at one time or another, usually the

most inconvenient times. Many voice memos were recorded around 1 in the

morning waking up from a dream. This program should be a good reflection of

how lucid I was at the time…

Special thanks to Rudresh Mahanthappa, Miles Okazaki, Ted Chubb, Darcy

James Argue and Matthew Parrish for their instruction and support in and out of

ensembles.

Charles Dutta is a current undergraduate first-year from Tenafly, NJ pursuing a

potential major in the Philosophy Department as well as the Certificate in Jazz

Studies. He is a member of the Small Group I and Creative Large Ensemble

groups in Jazz at Princeton, led by Miles Okazaki and Darcy James Argue. He

received an Outstanding Soloist award at the 15th Annual Charles Mingus

Festival & Competition.

Rohit Oomman is a guitarist from Brooklyn, NY. He is a senior in the Economics

department and has performed with Michael League, Wyclef Gordon and

Wynton Marsalis. On campus, he is involved with Small Group I and Creative

Large Ensemble. His love for jazz guitar greatly informs his outside musical

pursuits as an avid producer and DJ— a development in which Princeton’s

incredible music department has had no small part.

Ari Freedman is a fourth year graduate student in the ecology and evolutionary

biology department. He has been playing bass since middle school, and now

plays in Princeton’s Creative Large Ensemble and Small Group 1.

Adithya Sriram ‘24 (Baritone Sax) is a senior from Cary, North Carolina,

majoring in Operations Research and Financial Engineering with certificates in

Applications of Computing and Jazz Studies. In high school, he was part of the

Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble, one of NC’s premier high school jazz bands that

has repeatedly qualified for the Essentially Ellington festival in NYC. At

Princeton, Adithya is part of Small Group I and the Creative Large Ensemble

and has studied under Rudresh Mahanthappa and Darcy James Argue, as well

as Wayne Leechford and Aaron Hill in his hometown. Apart from music, Adithya

enjoys playing tennis with Club Tennis, playing spikeall, watching television, and

exploring different music.

CRyder Walsh ’26 (Drums) is a sophomore majoring in Electrical and Computer

Engineering. He is the drummer in the Creative Large Ensemble and Small

Group I, and was also selected this year to play with the New Jersey

Intercollegiate Jazz Band. He also likes to produce and compose music in

Ableton in his free time.

Konstantin Howard is a saxophonist from Alexandria, VA. Also a Jazz Certificate

candidate, he has played in the Creative Large Ensemble and small groups

during his time at Princeton. He also plays in the award-winning rock band

Hanoi Ragmen. He famously met Gabe in the Joline Hall bathroom freshman

spring, and the two have collaborated on many projects ever since.

Gabriel Chalick plays trumpet. He’s from Naples, Florida and grew up playing all

sorts of music. He is graduating from Princeton with a degree in Art and

Archaeology and is a Music Performance Certificate candidate. He has played

in Combos, the Creative Large Ensemble, the African Music Ensemble, and the

Princeton University Orchestra during his time at Princeton and is especially

grateful to his trumpet teacher Ted Chubb for all of his support and wisdom

through these last four years.