Joe Pignato composes music for improvising ensembles. His scores blend traditional notation and graphic symbols with the intent of eliciting idiosyncratic interpretations of his work. In this way, his work is about the ongoing dialogs between composers, interpreters and audiences.
Ensembles in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Washington and Indiana have performed his music. He has lectured on music composition, notation, improvisation and the music industry at New York University, Ramapo College, NW Vista College, Earlham College, the Crane School of Music, and at the Eastman School of Music. He has spoken at the SXSW Music Festival, the CMJ New Music Festival, the International Association Of Jazz Educators Convention, the Gavin Convention, and the Jazz Times Convention.
Joe Pignato is assistant professor of music at the State University of New York, Oneonta. He is a doctoral candidate and Tanglewood Scholar designee in the College of Fine Arts, School of Music at Boston University and holds an MA From New York University's Gallatin School and a BA from the University Of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mr. Pignato studied music composition with Dinu Ghezzo, Yusef Lateef and Roger Reynolds and drum-set with Sal La Rocca and Max Roach.
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