Chase Ceglie is a Rhode Island-based musician, pop recording artist, and award-winning saxophone player. Chase creates music across diverse situations and has built a dedicated fanbase as a performer, writer, producer, and educator.
As a saxophonist, Chase is an in demand sideman, session musician and bandleader. As a pop recording artist, Chase has independently released three full length albums. These projects are where he showcases his highly melodic writing, singing and multi-instrumental playing. He began his pop discography while at Berklee College of Music in 2016 with his album "Onion," which he created entirely from his bedroom. Chase has continued to evolve and experiment with his music, releasing more albums: his EP "Provisional Pop Songs" and the psychedelic concept album "Fear and Love, Together...!" In 2022, he released his latest pop album, "Chaseland," a collection of indie/folk pop songs accompanied by a visual album. All eight videos were made almost entirely by Chase himself. Chase's pop live shows are high-energy and unpredictable, combining pop hooks with improvisation and showcasing his saxophone prowess. In addition to his pop performances, his jazz quartet, formed in 2021, was invited to play at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2023.
Chase is a songwriter and producer for F.G.S., the solo music project of Flannery Silva, releasing the album "Tinkerbell's Cough" in 2024. He is also a member of the band Pets with brothers Jon and Nick Campolo. Chase is also a frequent collaborator with Isla Hansen & Tucker Marder, wokring together to develop original theatrical productions.
He is adjunct faculty at Salve Regina University, teaching private songwriting and saxophone, and is a creator of the Newport Festivals Foundation Band Lab at the East Bay Met School. Chase co-hosts the NEE Jam every first and third Monday in Newport, RI at the Firehouse Theater. He served as the musical director of the improv-comedy troupe The Bit Players in Newport, RI for five years. Other recent collaborators include a performance with Poncili Creacíon and recordings with Model/Actriz and Maddie Jay.