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Marco Oppedisano (b. 1971) is a composer, guitarist and producer with ample recording and performance experience as a guitarist in music ranging from rock/pop, jazz, hip hop, club/dance music, contemporary concert music, free improvisation, film music and musical theater. He currently records and plays electric guitar with Josh Weinstein and the Petty Alchemy Band, has performed with the Fracture Electric Guitar Quartet, and various contemporary music ensembles in the New York City area. He has had works performed by the Glass Farm Ensemble, Morris Lang and The Brooklyn College Percussion Ensemble, the Vox Novus Ensemble, The Zyryab Guitar Quartet of Portugal, The Fireworks Ensemble (premiere 2006) and distinguished guitarists; Oren Fader and Kevin R. Gallagher. He has recorded for Capstone Records (Vox Novus 2003 60x60 project), performed in Glenn Branca’s, Symphony No.13, “Hallucination City.” for 100 guitars and performed in the US premiere of Guitars D’Amour by Glenn Branca. Oppedisano also is featured with Tom Buckner on an electroacoustic composition entitled, Hoodlum Priest by Noah Creshevsky (released on the Mutable Music label in 2003). Television appearances by Oppedisano include “Just Playin,” an improvisation concert hosted by Brian Willson at Brooklyn College that was aired on CUNY TV in December 2005 and for Beyond Productions of Australia in a special called “Deadly Women,” aired on the Discovery Channel in February 2005, featuring an opera scene by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz. He has done radio interviews for Kalvos and Damian (www.kalvos.org), and had works programmed by various contemporary music radio stations. In September 2005, Oppedisano performed live with Josh Weinstein on WOR710’s Joey Reynolds Show in New York City. Oppedisano works as a producer and assistant producer include projects, FIRST FLIGHT, a solo classical guitar disc by the prolific New York City based guitarist, Oren Fader that was released in February 2005. He has worked as assistant producer on an album called DANCE MIX by the Fireworks Ensemble slated for release in February 2006. Oppedisano also will be releasing a full length compact disc of his music in 2006 entitled: COLLECTED WORKS: ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC WITH ELECTRIC GUITAR. His works have been performed and heard in various areas around the world and are all registered with ASCAP. Oppedisano is a native of Brooklyn, New York. He holds a B.A in Music Composition from the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music and an M.A in Music Composition from the Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music. He has studied with composition with Noah Creshevsky, Charles Dodge, Tania Leon, Thea Musgrave, and Henry Weinberg. |