About

Background

First trumpet

• Began trumpet at the age of 8

• First Trumpet and First Chair in Connecticut’s All-State Orchestra and Jazz Band

• Studied Hartford Conservatory of Music under First Trumpet/First Chair of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.  

• Performed at Hartford Bushnell under conductor Moshe Paranov, co-founder of the Hartt School of Music. 

Then Hartt School

• Studied under David Everly. David could hear and playback anything instantly. A patient teacher, but tough. He was also blind.

Then on the road

• Won Intra-state college talent contest piano competition.

• Played Bruce Springsteen’s famed Stone Pony.

• Various high-end fundraising performances

Then movies

• Earned Connecticut Cable Laurel Television Award for "Outstanding Music. The award was presented by Skitch Henderson, former bandleader of the Tonight Show. 

• Won award for composition of music for Connecticut's Public Television and Connecticut Commission on the Arts award-winning movie Second Chances

Then Off Broadway

• Musical Director of Cole Porter’s Broadway show "Anything Goes" 

• Musical Director of Broadway show "Little Shop of Horrors" 

Today

Operates a new studio, marking his time creating and recording new songs and re-recording older songs he has been longing to recreate. Joe resides with his wife of 33 years in quaint New England and has two beautiful grown-up children. He spends his professional time as an IT consultant keeping free time available for family and music.