| Caleb Chapman's Soundhouse | |
| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Music Education |
| Founder: | Caleb Chapman |
| Location City: | American Fork, Utah |
| Location Country: | US |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Key People: | Caleb Chapman (Founder & Chief Executive Producer), Andrew Surmani (CEO), Jim Detjen, Rick Drumm |
| Num Employees: | 40 [1] |
Caleb Chapman’s Soundhouse is a musician performance training program based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was founded by Caleb Chapman in 1998.[2]
Soundhouse has 25 bands with musicians aged 8 – 18, as well as some adult groups, in the genres of jazz, soul, swing, rock, reggae, funk, and fusion. The program teaches a multi-disciplinary skill set (such as business, showmanship, management, and marketing). Members of the groups rotate each year and manage the operations and promotion of the bands. They have recorded and released four albums. The executive leadership team includes Caleb Chapman (Founder and Chairman) and Andrew Surmani (CEO).[3]
Bands and members of the program have received awards, such as:
Every member of the program has received scholarship offers for colleges and universities, averaging a collective $1 million each year (with a total of $2.5 million in 2016).[6]
Prominent Soundhouse alumni include:
Alumni have also gone on to attend universities such as The Juilliard School, Berklee College of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, University of Southern California, University of Miami, University of North Texas, Eastman School of Music, Georgetown, Snow College, and Brigham Young University.
Current groups include:
Bands from the program have performed in Carnegie Hall, Telluride Jazz Celebration, North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Vienne Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Festival, Jazz Education Network Conferences, The Midwest Clinic, The Apollo Theater, and The Utah Jazz basketball games. Outside of the U.S., bands from the program have performed in Cuba, France, Italy, Sweden, Mexico, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, England, and Scotland. They have performed alongside GRAMMY-winners Joe Lovano, Nicholas Payton, Gordon Goodwin, Dave Weckl, Brian Lynch, Poncho Sanchez, Dave Samuels, Jeff Coffin, Esperanza Spalding, Randy Brecker, Ernie Watts, Christian McBride, Bob Mintzer, Peter Erskine, David Paich, Branford Marsalis, and Kirk Whalum.[7]
Guest artists have included members from: Dave Matthews Band, Toto, Maroon 5, Journey, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Tower of Power, The Rolling Stones, Genesis, and the Saturday Night Live Band.