2010 Board Members

Don Croce – Executive Director

Don Croce brings to the Park City Jazz Foundation a fresh perspective and a background of successfully starting and building a small company into a mid-sized full service marketing communications agency.

Mr. Croce started his career as a hospital pharmacist in Philadelphia, before becoming a sales representative for the pharmaceutical company Glaxo, and later Genentech. He and his wife, Jill Rathburn, a nurse and pharmaceutical sales rep herself, started in 1988 The Columbia MedCom Group, a medical communications business based in Columbia, Maryland. Though it was a different industry, numerous programs their company developed over the years involved many of the same logistical and event planning functions inherent in producing a jazz festival. When they sold their company in 2005, Don convinced Jill to move to Park City to fulfill his long time dream of living in a ski resort town. Always involved in, and often at the helm of community activities throughout his career, Don’s first involvement in his new hometown was to volunteer at the 2005 Park City International Jazz Festival. Little did he realize how intertwined his life would become with jazz and the festival. In 2005, Don’s oldest son, Christopher, was a new and enthusiastic young bass player. By the 2009 PC Jazz Festival, Don and his family and friends were in the audience watching Christopher perform on the Main Stage with the Crescent Super Band and then as a member of the PCJF’s All Star Combo. As Christopher developed into a career of jazz music, Don and Jill applied their entrepreneurial talents to a small art boutique, Livin’ Life Park City, on Park City’s Historic Main Street, further entrenching themselves into their new hometown. Thanks to a newfound appreciation for the jazz music industry and the critical relationship between a resort town business district and the town’s schedule of events to attract tourists, Don is eager to apply his business acumen to the successful continuation of one Park City’s signature summer events, The Park City Jazz Festival.

Caleb Chapman – Artistic Director

At a young age, Mr. Chapman has already left a permanent mark on the music industry. His vision and accomplishments have marked him as a rising star, both domestically and now internationally.

Mr. Chapman founded The Music School in 1999 and architected an innovative approach to music education which proved to produce many of the nation's most desirable young musicians. He also designed and authored what became the proprietary curriculum system utilized by the school. In 2006 he gained the attention of the renowned Juilliard School, which led to the conservatory’s affiliation with The Music School, making the school the only one in the country to have this designation. He also established unique partnerships with the prestigious Berklee College of Music and most of Utah’s top music organizations, including the Utah Symphony and the Gina Bachauer Foundation.

Caleb is currently working on a new album with NBA star and award-winning vocalist, Thurl Bailey. His efforts in music have also earned three declarations from Utah Governor, John Huntsman, Jr., and the Mayor’s Award from the city of American Fork, Utah. He is the 2006 recipient of the KUER FM90 “Voice of Jazz Award”. In 2007 he was honored as the inaugural inductee into the Horne School of Music Hall of Fame and received the “Superior Accomplishment in Music Award” from the Utah Music Educators Association.

Mr. Chapman currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Park City International Jazz Foundation. He is an Education Expert for the newly formed Jazz Education Network (JEN), as well as the past president of the Utah unit of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) and an Education Expert on the organization’s international resource team. Additionally, Mr. Chapman holds membership in the Music Educators National Conference and serves on the Executive Board of JazzSLC, presenters of the Salt Lake City Jazz at the Sheraton Series.

Caleb is a featured clinician and sponsored performer for Yamaha Saxophones and Vandoren Reeds and Mouthpieces.