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Ed Sarath has emerged as a leading visionary in the fields of music, creativity,
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“. . . magnificently designed compositions balancing innovation with strong melodic and rhythmic content” Hebdoscope
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consciousness studies, and educational reform. He divides his time between performing, composing, teaching and writing about the aesthetic, cognitive and transpersonal aspects of the creative process. He has recorded with top luminaries in the jazz world including David Liebman, Joanne Brackeen, Billy Hart, Cecil McBee, Karl Berger, Marvin Smitty Smith, and Harvie Swartz. His most recent CD release is New Beginnings, featuring the London Jazz Orchestra performing his large-ensemble compositions. He has taught and performed in Brazil, Europe and the U.S., including appearances at the Montreux, London, North Sea, Paris, Antibes, Orleans, Le Mans, Jyvaskyla (Finland) and Montreux-Detroit jazz festivals. His composition Rites of Passage, featuring Liebman and Michael Brecker as soloists, was commissioned by the West German Radio big band and conducted by Bill Dobbins.
Ed Sarath’s theoretical writings on improvisation, creativity, and consciousness are found in Innovative Higher Education, Journal of Music Theory, Handbook for Research on Music Education
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“an intriguing flugelhorn voice. . .” Four (out of five) stars. Buffalo News
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(Oxford University Press), Teacher’s College Record (Columbia Teachers College), Religion and Education, International Journal for Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Jazz Research Papers, Jazz Educators Journal, Jazz Changes, and Nova Science’s New Directions in Higher Education. His pedagogical innovations include the UM Creative Arts Orchestra, a large trans-stylistic improvising ensemble; the Integral Basic Musicianship class, an improvisation/composition-based approach to core theory and aural skills for classical musicians; and the BFA in Jazz and Contemplative Studies (BFAJCS) curriculum, one of the first degree programs to integrate meditation and related practices and studies with a full slate of musical and academic coursework. Shortly after the BFACJS curriculum was approved, he formed a cross-campus faculty network to advocate the growth of this burgeoning educational discipline; in 2004, with funding from the Office of the Provost, this network became the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies. The PCCS p
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“. . . a pure tone, finely wrought solos, odd-metered, harmonically intricate compositions that sing and swing . . .Ed Sarath is a find.”
Jazz Times
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romotes course and curriculum design, guest seminars and symposia, a faculty study group, and related research.
Ed Sarath is available for commissions, master classes, guest appearances as visiting performer and composer, and guest speaker and seminar-leader on the topic of creativity and consciousness as it applies across disciplines. His Rhythm for Everyone exercises utilize rhythm, meditation and creative activities to enhance peak performance, and are very popular among athletes and business practitioners. Ed has done presentations in the latter capacity at Harvard Business School, The University of Michigan Business School, Brown University, Smith College, the Forge Institute, and the Fetzer Institute. He is a member of Ken Wilber's Integral Institute - Art, and has received fellowship grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, in both jazz composition and performance, and from the American Council of Learned Societies. |
