Member, Nominating Committee
Elected November 2024; term ends November 2025
Carroll Dashiell, Jr. is Chair of the Department of Music in the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University. He has been involved in academia for more than three decades, serving as Professor of Music at Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, University of the District of Columbia and East Carolina University.
In addition to composing, writing and arranging, Professor Dashiell continues to perform as jazz bassist and keyboardist. His appearances include concerts with the Boston Pops, National Symphony and Washington Philharmonic Orchestras; performance dates with Dr. Billy Taylor, Ethel Ennis and Geri Allen with Afro Blue, conducted by Connaitre Miller and Bob Mintzer; Yellowjackets; concert and Broadway show tours with Maurice Hines, Stephanie Mills, Vanessa Rubin, Jennifer Holiday and Mr. Ray Charles. He can be heard on several Capitol (Blue Note) Records compact disc/album recordings as bassist with Bobby Watson and Horizon, Muse Records artist Roger “Buck” Hill, and Maceo Parker and the WDR Big Band.
Professor Dashiell is a graduate of Howard University.
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Posted May 2025