Education
Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York City, September 2010

Dissertation: “Pannalal Ghosh and the Bansuri in the Twentieth Century.” Advisor: Peter Manuel.

D.M.A. studies in world music at the New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2000-May 2001

M.F.A., Jazz Instrumental Performance, 1990, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California

B.M., Jazz Composition and Arranging, summa cum laude, 1987, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts

Private studies in North Indian Classical music theory and performance with Nityanand Haldipur (Mumbai, India, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 ), Devendra Murdeshwar (Mumbai, India, 1992-93), Amiya Dasgupta (Valencia, California, 1988-1990), Steve Gorn (New York, 1991-1992, 2000-2001), Dr. George Ruckert (Boston, Massachusetts, 1998-2001)

Private studies in jazz with Jerry Bergonzi (1983-1987), Joe Viola (1985- 1987), George Garzone (1984-1985), James Newton (1988-1990), and Joe Lovano (1987)
 

Experience

College Instructor:
Online course instructor, Jazz Arranging, Boston University (2007, 2008, 2009).
Adjunct Lecturer, Fundamentals of Music, Union County College,  (2008).
Adjunct Lecturer, Jazz and Rock, John Jay College (2004).
Assistant Teacher, New England Conservatory (2000-2001). Assistant Teacher, California Institute of the Arts (1989-1990).

Private teacher of woodwinds:
Independent private instruction, saxophone and bansuri (1989 – present).
The Roosevelt School, Hyde Park, MA (1999)
The Rivers School, Weston, MA (1998).
The New School of Music, Cambridge, MA (1997).
Lexington High School, Lexington, MA (1997).
Independent private instruction, saxophone and bansuri (1989 – present).
The Roosevelt School, Hyde Park, MA (1999).
The Rivers School, Weston, MA (1998).
The New School of Music, Cambridge, MA (1997).
Lexington High School, Lexington, MA (1997).

Selected Performances:

Performance tour in India (2010).
Performance tour in Germany (2009).
City of the World series at Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, (2009).
The Indigo and Blues Jazz Festival, Bangalore, India (2009).
The Mumbai Festival, Mumbai, India (2008).
The Mood Indigo Festival, Mumbia, India (2007).
The American Center, Mumbai in Rajkot, India (2007).
The Jazz Yatra Festival, Mumbai, India (2002).
The Regattabar Jazz Festival, Boston, MA (1998, 2000).   
The CRY Jazz Festival, Mumbai, India (1997).
The Thailand International Jazz Festival, Bangkok, Thailand (1996).
The Jazz Yatra festival, Mumbai, India (1996).
The Tokyo Summer Jazz Festival Tokyo, Japan (1993).
The Malaysian Jazz Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1993). The Boston Globe Jazz Festival (with James Newton), Boston, MA (1990).

Managing editor of the newsletter for the Institute of Studies in American Music, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, 2004-2009.

Selected Recording

* Indica Project. Full House. The Indica Project, 2009, compact disc.Carl Clements. Forth and Back. Saraswati, 2005, compact disc.
* Crosscurrent. Rituals. Laugh and Jangle Records, 2000, compact disc.
* Eric T. Johnson featuring Crosscurrent. By the Sea. Laugh and Jangle  Records, 1997, compact disc.
* Divya. Kumbamela: Earthbeat Music, 1997, compact disc.
Steve Kirby. Point of Balance. Amsterdam: A-Records, 1997, compact disc.
* Eric T. Johnson featuring Crosscurrent. The Island. Laugh and Jangle Records, 1996, compact disc.
* Crosscurrent debut album: Laugh and Jangle Records, 1996, compact disc.
 

Publications
* Clements, Carl. (forthcoming). ” Tradition and Innovation in the Bansuri Performance Style of Pannalal Ghosh,” Analytical Approaches to World Music Journal.
* Clements, Carl. (forthcoming) “John Coltrane et l’Integration des Concepts Indiens dans le Jazz Improvise.”  In a book publication by Outre Mesure. Paris, France.
* Clements, Carl. 2008. “John Coltrane and the Integration of Indian Concepts in Jazz Improvisation,” Jazz Research Journal2(2): 155-175.
* Clements, Carl. 2007. “Indian Concepts in the Music of John Coltrane,” The Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter 37(1): 6-7, 14.
* Clements, Carl. 2005. “Musical Interchange between Indian Music and Hip Hop.” In Critical Minded: New Approaches to Hip Hop Studies, edited by Ellie M. Hisama and EvanRapport, 125-41. Brooklyn, NY: Institute for Studies in American Music.