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2019

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  • Summer musical retreat in Italy

  • Assunta Spina and The Immigrant with violinist Susan Aquila at The Ciccone Theater of Bergen Community College -February 9th

  • Hofstra University- September 18th

  • The Hall of Records of NYC-October 3rd

  • Center For Moving Image Arts of Bard College- October 16th

  • The Zlock Cultural Arts Center of Bucks County Community College- November 8th

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2018

  • Italian Silent Film Tour with mandolinist Carlo Aonzo

  • The Pordenone Le Giornate del Cinema Muto (Silent Film Festival) presenting Assunta Spina.

  • Concert with Dominic Chianese

  • Assunta Spina presented at Boston University with mandolinist August Watters

 

 

2017

        New York University presents

The World Premiere of Assunta Spina

with the new silent film score with

live performance 

           

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  • March 3

  • Casa Italiana Zerilli/Marimo`-NYU

  • March 10

  • Italian American Museum-

  • Mulberry st in Little Italy, NY

  • April 6

  • UMASS/Dartmouth, Massachusetts

  • October 5

  • Bergen Community College- Ciccone

  • Theater- Paramus, NJ

 

2016

May 25

The Friars Club, New York City

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May 15

The Third Annual Great International Songbook

together with soprano Cristina Fontanelli at Baruch College, New York City.

 

 

April

  • DGA THEATER Film Festival Gala , NYC

  • Caramoor Center for Music and The Arts  education residency.

 

March-

  • UMass Dartmouth,Massachusetts

  • Recipient of the John and Mary Esposito  Visiting Faculty Fellowship Award at the  University of Mass.

  •  Concert/Lectures

  •  "The World On A String: Mediterranean Diaspora".- Concert

  •  Lecture on Italian Folk Music

 Lecture on Composing for Italian and

 Italian-American films.

 

  • Village Stories: with Actress Antoinetta La  Vecchia. NY,NY.

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2015

December 12

-Christmas in Italy with Cristina Fontinelli at  the Skirball Center of NYU New York City

 

November

  • Soloist and composer for the Art of Motion  Dance Company at St. John's Day of Dance  Festival in Hillsdale, NJ.

  • Performance with Orfeo at the Kaatsbaahn  Gala in Tivoli, NY.

  • October

  •  Lecture/Performance at Columbia  University NY, NY

 

September

 

July- August

Italy- music Festivals

 

June-July

  • -The Duke Theater on 42 steet

  •  with international tap dancer Heather  Cornell

  • -Caramoor Center for Music and The Arts  education residency.

 

March

 Quintetto Sincopato

 Morristown United Methodist Church

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014

 

December 6

-Christmas in Italy

 with Cristina Fontinelli

 at the Skirball Center of NYU

 New York City

 

December 2

-Lecture/ Performance at

 Boston University

 Boston, Massachusetts

 

October 17

-Director of The World On A String: The History and  Evolution of the Guitar

 Anna Maria Ciccone Theater

 Bergen Community College

 Paramus, New Jersey

 

September 26-28

  • The Cape Cod Mandolin Music Camp

  •  Workshops on Italian Traditional Music and  music for the mandolin

 

August 23

 Quintetto Sincopato

 New York City

 

August 17

Feast of San Rocco

 Little Italy

 New York City

 

April 12

-New Music for Guitar presentation at The  Hartt College of Music, Hartford,  Connecticut.

 

March 8

-Premeire of new works-Composer's  Concert Series- Compendium- sponsored  by The Composer's Syndicate. Church  Street School For Music & Arts.74 Warren  St. NY, NY.

 

March 12

-Performance with rock drummer, John  Densmore of THE DOORS. Bergen  Community College., Paramus, NJ.

 

January 23

-Lecture: Echoes of Mulberry Street and The  Parallels of Tin Pan Alley.  Lecture/Performance at The Center For  Italian and Italian American Culture. Cedar  Grove, New Jersey

 

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