Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Caroline is an American saxophonist, teacher and festival organizer currently based in Italy. She has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe, appearing in festivals such as the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Ravenna Festival, Piccolo Spoleto USA, Spinacorona Festival, Lago Maggiore Musica, Festival Novecento, as well as with associations such as Amici della Musica (Italy), Associazione Musicale Etnea (Sicily), New Muse Concerts, (USA), Timucua (USA), and the Fondazione Gioventù Musicale d’Italia. Caroline holds first prizes in numerous competitions as a soloist, including the University of Georgia’s Concerto Competition, and in chamber music, notably Italy’s Premio delle Arti. She was selected as one of five musicians for the Changes artistic residency with Swedish composer Ellen Arkbro, presenting concerts throughout Italy, and was recently named a winner of Bologna Festival’s, Classica in Sneakers, Call for Artists. An active chamber musician, Caroline is particularly passionate about interdisciplinary projects. She gave the European premiere of David Maslanka’s Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble under the baton of Lorenzo Passerini. As an orchestral saxophonist, she has performed with the Orchestra Senzaspine and Orchestra La Corelli. Caroline is the tenor saxophonist of the Gershwin Quintet, collaborates with visual artist Alessandro Roma, and currently has projects for saxophone and choir, piano, voice, and electronics. Caroline teaches saxophone at the Scuola Comunale di Musica Malerbi in Lugo and the Officina della Musica in Ravenna. She is the co-artistic director of Festival Ulysses, secretary of the International Sax Arts Festival, and a part of the Associazione Fattorini (Performing Arts Organization). She holds degrees from the University of Georgia (2017), the Conservatorio di Musica “F.A. Bonporti” di Trento (2020), and is the first saxophonist to graduate in Chamber Music from the Fondazione Accademia Internazionale di Imola “Incontri col Maestro” (2023). Her primary teachers include Marco Albonetti, Connie Frigo, and Marco Zuccarini. Caroline is a JLV Sound Paris Ambassador.
Assisting the artistic director in all aspects of organizing the yearly SaxArts Festival.
Concerts performed throughout the United States, Italy, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, San Marino.