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Biography / Academic Background
I am an American composer, performer, and teacher. As a youth, I mentored under musicians from the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. An active trumpeter, I have premiered several of my own works, as well as new works by my colleagues. I continue to collaborate with New York jazz musicians Oscar Williams II, Nicole Glover, Nic Cacioppo, and Steven Kirsty. While being innately drawn to the lyricism of opera composers from Monteverdi to Dallapiccola, my music is at the same time passionately propelled by jazz. My output as a whole represents an ongoing and varied process of combining these elements into an ever-evolving, distinctive form of contemporary concert music.
My music can be heard on my YouTube channel: Charles Cacioppo
Education:
- DMA Cornell University (composition)
- MFA Cornell University (composition)
- MM University of Maryland (composition)
- BMus Purchase College SUNY (composition)
Awards and Achievements
- American Prize in Composition, National Finalist, for Ink Wash Painting, 2021
- Participation in the 41st College Music Society Northeast Conference, 2020
Selected Recordings
- Nicole Glover: Strange Lands, Savant SCD2191, 2021 (composer)
- Nic Cacioppo: Time in Motion, 2021 (composer, performer, arranger, producer)
- Bruce Leto Jr.: Singing Style, TROY1862, 2021 (composer)
- Andrea Ceccomori & Elitza Harbova: Dialogues, LP2010, 2010 (composer)
- Various Artists: Ghosts: Solos & Duets, Beauport Classical, 2009 (composer)
Selected Performances
- Premiere of Ink Wash Painting; Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College; Adeline Tomasone, alto flute: youtu.be/9D9-e4TZ0mk
- Premiere of Phantasy for Violin & Piano; Neylan Rehearsal Hall, Cornell University; Joseph Lin, violin; Daniel Anastasio, piano: youtu.be/an8amCgFCEw
- Premiere of Music for Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello & Harp; Barnes Hall, Cornell University; The Israeli Chamber Project: youtu.be/f5AOckH3Cc0
- Premiere of Music for Solo Percussion & Chamber Orchestra; Neylan Rehearsal Hall, Cornell University; Cornell Festival Chamber Orchestra; Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor; Nic Cacioppo, solo percussion: youtu.be/GMvcC6NrkBk
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