Division: College

Department: Jazz Studies; Music History and Musicology

Instrument: Saxophone

From 2008 to 2021, Chase chaired the Ear Training department at Berklee College of Music, where he continues to teach ear training, harmony, jazz composition, and jazz history and analysis. He began his teaching career at Berklee in 1981, and has also taught at Tufts University (1993-7) and New England Conservatory (1994-2012, 2023-present), where he served as chair of jazz studies, chair of contemporary improvisation, and dean of faculty. He has taught at Berklee’s Valencia (Spain) Summer Performance Program in July of 2014-18, and was director of the Interlochen Summer Jazz program in 2019. He was involved with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute and its master’s degree program from the planning stages through Fall 2022. He has given clinics and masterclasses at about twenty-five schools in ten countries.