Chase Morrin

Chase in Steinway and Sons-Boston magazine, summer 2007 issue

Chase at the end of season soccer tournament in which they won the league championship, November-2007

Chase at his first recital (age 9) with Svetlana Pikous of Carmel Valley

 

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List of Compositions and if Performed

Name

Date(s)

Style

Length

Performed

Whom performed by?

I Don't Know Yet (in progress) Big band swing
Carambee Latin Jazz --11/5/08
The Latin Connection at Dizzy's
The Latin Connection at Dizzy's
CSSSA
CSSSA
CSSSA
CSSSA
Fleur de la Creme 8/2008 Classical Harp 7 minutes 8/5/08 Sage Po - Harp
-Performed half the piece
CSSSA-Innerspark
Maybe 7/2008 Jazz swing 7 minutes 8/17/08 The Chase Morrin Trio
Chase - keys
Brian Wright - bass
Bob Daniels - drums
Upton Blues 6/23/08 Jazz swing 7 minutes --11/5/08
--8/17/08
 
The Latin Connection at Dizzy's
The Chase Morrin Trio
Chase - keys
Brian Wright - bass
Bob Daniels - drums
Gigs and Homework June, 2008 Funk 5 minutes 6/30/08, Del Mar Fair Chase Morrin, Daniel Oldham, David James, and Chris Burgess at the Del Mar Fair
Blues Lick Arrangement of various tunes April, 2008 Big Band Jazz 5 minutes 5/26/08 at Dizzy's and all following  performances with The Jazz Ensemble The Jazz Ensemble
Arrangement of Miles Davis' Four April, 2008 Big Band Jazz      
La Madre Loca May, 2008 Latin, flute and piano 5 minutes    
Minor Shade of Red March, 2008 Ballad 5 minutes --3/28/08 "The Art of the Piano Concert" at Cuyamaca College, solo piano Chase Morrin
Lemon Squeezy March, 2008 Jazz 4 minutes 3/18/08-5/08, with The Jazz Ensemble and with the San Diego Youth Symphony Stage Band

Won Honorable Mention for the State Composer's Today Contest (Gershwin Won)

With The Jazz Ensemble at Fredericka Manor Spring Concert, Dizzy's, Next Generation Monterey Jazz Festival
With the SDYS Stage Band in concerts
Dog'n January, 2008 Funk 4 minutes 5/12/08 Grossmont College Jazz Ensemble at the Spring Big Band Bash

Cody

December 31, 2007

Medium swing

4 minutes

None

None

Nicaragua High

October 24, 2007 (during SD wildfires)

Latin Jazz

5 minutes

January 10, 2008 by the HS jazz band at Canyon Crest Academy

 

Practiced by the Ron Jermain Big Band, San Diego Youth Symphony Stage Band, Canyon Crest Academy High School Jazz band and the Jazz Ensemble big band

Early Morning

January 2, 2007

Lyrics created 8/2008

Ballad

5 minutes

--3/28/08 "The Art of the Piano Concert" at Cuyamaca College with Minor Groove trio

--8/17/08

Chase Morrin, pianist

David James, drummer
Daniel Oldham, bassist

The Chase Morrin Trio
Chase - keys
Brian Wright - bass
Bob Daniels - drums

Froggy

December 26, 2007

Funk

5 minutes

--3/28/08 "The Art of the Piano Concert" at Cuyamaca College with Minor Groove trio

--San Diego Mesa College, Festival of Colors event

Chase Morrin, pianist

David James, drummer
Daniel Oldham, bassist

Dominant Jake

Fall 2007

Fast Swing

5 minutes

None, for jazz combo at school and trio (created for student who is out with cancer)

Chase Morrin, pianist

David James, drummer
Daniel Oldham, bassist

Music for school production of Corpse Bride

Summer and Fall 2007

Folk music

Half hour

--Canyon Crest Academy school play, Fall 2007

Violin

Viola

Saxophone

Mambo Breeze

Fall 2007

Funk

5 minutes

--just performed for Spotlight Awards, LA
--various venues with Minor Groove trio

Chase Morrin, pianist

David James, drummer
Daniel Oldham, bassist

Lazy Time

Fall 2007

Medium swing

7 minutes

3/20/08

--various venues with Minor Groove trio and school combo

With Chase's school jazz combo at the coffee concerts

Chase Morrin, pianist

David James, drummer
Daniel Oldham, bassist

The Chase Morrin Trio
Chase - keys
Brian Wright - bass
Bob Daniels - drums

Fazed

Fall 2007

Latin/contemporary

6.5 minutes

--various venues with Minor Groove trio

--Special Faculty band at Cuyamaca College Foundatin Dinner Dance

Chase Morrin, pianist

David James, drummer
Daniel Oldham, bassist

The Chase Morrin Trio
Chase - keys
Brian Wright - bass
Bob Daniels - drums

Scratchy

Fall 2007

Mambo

7 minutes

--various venues with Minor Groove trio

Chase Morrin, pianist

David James, drummer
Daniel Oldham, bassist

Gershwin

Summer 2007

Classical

12 minutes (work in progress—incomplete as of this date)

--Won the State Composers Today Contest with the Music Teacher's Association of California, 2008

--San Diego Mesa College Recital Hour, 9/19/07

--Carmel Valley Library, family music night, 8/29/07

Chase Morrin, pianist (only sections of the piece played due to time constraints of programs), will submit score to MTAC for 2008 Composer’s Today contest--WON!

Free Fall

Fall 2006

Funk

3.5 minutes

--MTAC Convention, summer 2007

--Solo piano concerts

--Church

--private venues

Chase Morrin, pianist (score submitted to ASCAP Young Jazz Composer and MTAC Composer’s Today and won both)

Nicaragua High

Fall 2006

Solo jazz-Latin piano

8 minutes

--8th Grade promotion, solo piano performance during ceremony, solo concerts and venues

Chase Morrin, pianist (re-done for big band above)

In the Light of the Night Fall 2006 Contemporary with lyrics 5 minutes --none --none

Rhythm of the Harmony

2006 with lyrics and again in spring 2007

Funk

5 minutes

--5/31/07, Carmel Valley Middle School Talent Show

Chase Morrin, Pianist

Alex Kneib, Saxophonist
Elias Newman, Drummer

Sleek Night

2005-2006

Latin-samba

5 minutes

--Solo concerts-7/21/07, 8/20/07, 9/19/07, coffee shops with drummer

Chase Morrin, pianist
Sharad Vikram, drums

Vandino

2005-2006

Latin

5 minutes

--Solo concerts-7/21/07, 8/20/07, 9/19/07, coffee shops with drummer

Chase Morrin, pianist
Sharad Vikram, drums

Sandpaper

2006

7/4 swing

5 minutes

None

Chase Morrin, pianist

Blue Ice Fortress

2005-2006

Pop

4.5 minutes

--5/2006 Carmel Valley MS Talent Show

--Parent appreciation

Chase Morrin, pianist and singer

One Scoop

2004-2005

Medium swing

5 minutes

--Solo concerts-2005, 7/21/07, 8/20/07, 9/19/07, coffee shops with drummer

Chase Morrin, pianist

Sharad Vikram, drummer

Come Down to The Table

2006

Pop/Rock

5 minutes

None

Chase Morrin, pianist and singer

Swing that Golf Club

2005

Slow Swing/ballad

5 minutes

--solo piano concert, 2005

Chase Morrin, pianist and singer (created for my Uncle who died of cancer)

Temporary Intuitions

2005

Classical

4 minutes

--solo piano concert, 2005

Chase Morrin, pianist

Four Seasons

2004-2005

Classical/Jazz

15 minutes

--solo piano  concert, 2005

Chase Morrin, pianist

Winner of the 2007 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award!







Chase in the pit at the San Diego Junior Theater, October 2008, Cats

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