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Joseph Pecoraro
Concert and recording artist Joseph Pecoraro has been heralded as one of the most exciting and expressive classical guitarists of his generation. He appears as soloist, chamber musician, and with orchestra in recitals across the United States and abroad. Recent season schedules feature performances in Paris, France; Bologna, Italy; Geneva, Switzerland; and Mexico, as well as in more than a dozen states in this country: Houston, Texas; Denver, Colo.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Cincinnati, Ohio; New York, N.Y.; Charlotte, N.C.; and Charleston, S.C. Also, he has performed solo recitals at the Kennedy Center, the Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center. He has performed as featured soloist with the Roanoke Symphony, Wintergreen Music Festival, and the Winston-Salem Symphony and numerous vocal ensembles, and has collaborated with dozens of prominent singers and instrumentalists. He performs regularly with acclaimed flutist Elizabeth Ransom, offering concerts and educational programs in a variety of venues. The duo is included in the N.C. Arts Council Touring Artists Roster.
Mr. Pecoraro has been featured on a variety of radio and television broadcasts and his solo recordings include major works by Domeniconi, Ponce, Hirsh, Bach, Merlin, and others. Mr. Pecoraro’s most recent CD features world premiere solo guitar works by American composers Sebastian Currier, Daniel Asia, Jose Lezcano, Charles Wuorinen, Carlos Rafael Rivera, David Crittenden and Andrew Zohn. He is also author of the widely acclaimed guitar method “Read this First.”
Mr. Pecoraro joined the UNCSA artist-faculty in 1998. Previous teaching positions include Salem College, Indiana University, and the University of Colorado. He is in frequent demand as a guest clinician, and serves on the regular faculties of renowned summer music festivals in Colorado, Virginia, Wisconsin, and North Carolina, where he directs the UNCSA Summer Guitar Workshop. Following his long-standing interest in excellent music-making at the community level, Mr. Pecoraro also directs the Piedmont Suzuki-“Young Guitarists” program and has been involved with teaching community guitar students using the Suzuki method for more than 15 years. He is a registered teacher trainer in guitar with the Suzuki Association of the Americas, offering courses in guitar pedagogy to teachers across the Americas. His UNCSA students have won top prizes in competitions sponsored by the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts, American String Teachers Association, Guitar Foundation of America and numerous regional solo and concerto competitions, and alumni have distinguished themselves as active performers, teachers and recording artists. |
