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Sabato D’Agostino
54 Bright Street
Waltham, MA 02453
Tel. (781) 788-0002
Teaching Experience
2013Guest lecturer/clinician: “An Easy and Fun Way to Learn How to Improvise,”
Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
2013JEN, Jazz Education Network
Member of JEN Education Committee
Dallas, Texas
2011 Guest lecturer/clinician: “Basic Improvisation for All Ages,”
Music Educators Conference; World Trade Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2010Guest lecturer/clinician: “Ensemble Teaching Strategies,” American String Teachers Association (ASTA), Santa Clara, California
1999-PresentArlington High School (AHS), Arlington, Massachusetts
Director and conductor: AHS Full Orchestra, Concert Band, Honors Orchestra, Jazz Band, Jazz Octet, Bass Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble
Music theory instructor: Grades 9-12
1999- Present Ottoson Middle School (OMS), Arlington, Massachusetts
Director and conductor: OMS Chamber Orchestra
2003-PresentBerklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
Berklee Summer Program
Director and conductor: jazz, fusion, and rock ensembles
Instructor: “Theory in Performance”
2009-PresentConservatorio della Svizzera Italiana
Lugano, Switzerland
Instructor: jazz improvisation
2008-PresentDirector and founder: Musica Vesuviana Festival, summer music camp, Salerno, Italy
Instructor: general music, improvisation, ensemble
2008Guest lecturer/clinician: “The Sense of Groove”
Massachusetts Music Educators Conference: World Trade Center,
Boston, Massachusetts
2007Guest lecturer/clinician:“Be-Bop on the Electric Bass”
Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
2007Guest lecturer/clinician: “Muscle Memory”
Massachusetts Music Educators Conference: World Trade Center,
Boston, Massachusetts
2005Guest lecturer/clinician:“How to Improve the Rhythm Section”
Massachusetts Music Educators Conference: World Trade Center,
Boston, Massachusetts
2004Guest lecturer/clinician: “Developing Rhythm Skills”Massachusetts Music Educators Conference: Danvers, Massachusetts
1998-99Mansfield Elementary School: Mansfield, Massachusetts
General music instructor: Grades 1 & 2
1992-94Leonardo Da Vinci Elementary School: Salerno, Italy
General music instructor: Grades 1-6
1992-93Galileo Galilei High School: Salerno, Italy
General music instructor: Grades 9-12
1991-92Salvatore Quasimodo Junior High School: Avellino, Italy
General music instructor: Grades 7 & 8
1991-93Cardile Scuola Comunale: Cardile, Italy
General music instructor: Grade 1-5
Curriculum: music theory, solfege, ear training, traditional and jazz harmony, history of music, ensembles, Italian and jazz standards (repertoire), classical and jazz trumpet, electric bass (jazz, rock)
1991-93 “Boys of Music” School: Salerno, Italy
General music instructor
Curriculum: see above
1988-95Campigliano Scuola Comunale: Campigliano, Italy
General and private instructor
Curriculum: see above
1986-88 Willy Frank School: Angri, Italy
Private instructor.
Curriculum: see above
Conducting Experience
2009-PresentConservatorio Della Svizzera Italiana Orchestra,
Lugano, Switzerland
1999-PresentWinter Concert:AHS Full Orchestra, Honors Orchestra, Concert Band, and Jazz Band;Arlington High School, Lowe Auditorium, Arlington, Massachusetts
1999-PresentPops Concert:AHS Full Orchestra, Honors Orchestra, Concert Band, and Jazz Band; Arlington Town Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts
1999-PresentAll-Town Festival of Bands:AHS Concert Band and Jazz Band; OMS auditorium, Arlington, Massachusetts
1999-Present All-Town String Concert:OMS Chamber Orchestra, AHS Honors Orchestra and Full Orchestra; OMS Auditorium, Arlington, Massachusetts
2000-PresentArlington Town Day, AHS Jazz Band; Arlington, Massachusetts
2000-PresentKidney Transplant Association Concert,AHS Jazz Band; Sons of Italy Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts
2003-PresentBerklee Summer Program,rock, jazz, and fusion ensembles; Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
2003-PresentDirector and founder: “Bejazzled,” full-evening jazz concert, AHS Jazz Band and Jazz Band alumni;Lowe Auditorium, Arlington High School, Arlington, Massachusetts
2013Festa della Repubblica Event
Italian Trade Commission, New York, NY
2013Italian National Day Event
Algonquin Club, Boston, Massachusetts
2012Concert tour of Italy, Hungary, and Switzerland, AHS Honors Orchestra; Santa Maria Church, Milan, Italy; Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland; Mariana Music School, Budapest, Hungary
2012Prada Opening Night, in collaboration with the Italian Consulate in New England, AHS Jazz Band; Neiman Marcus, Natick, Massachusetts
2011Festa della Repubblica, at the invitatation of Giuseppe Pastorelli, Consul General of Italy in Boston, AHS Jazz Band; Boston State House, Boston, Massachusetts. In attendance were Mayor Thomas Menino, Governor Deval Patrick, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Robert DeLeo, and State Senator Anthony Petruccelli.
2010Concert tour of Italy, AHS Jazz Band; Castello Arechi, Salerno; Minori Piazza, Minori; Capo d’Orlando High School, Messina;
Taormina Piazza, Taormina; Instituto Agrario, Pezzolo
2009Hovhaness Celebration Concert,AHS Honors Orchestra; Town Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts
2008Newburgh High School, Newburgh, NY; AHS FullOrchestra, Concert Band, and Jazz Band
2008Brookhaven, Lexington, Massachusetts; OMS Chamber Orchestra
2009Director and performer (bass), concert tour of Italy and Greece, AHS Honors Orchestra; Italy: Santa Maria Church, Gioiosa; Istituto Agrario, Pezzolo; Greece: Patros High School, Patros;St. John Church, Athens
2007Conductor and performer (bass), Tino D’Agostino String Quartet and Maria De Simone; St. John Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
2007Dante Alighieri Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts,AHS Jazz Band
2007Boston Bio International Convention, AHS Jazz Band; Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2007 Concert tour of Italy, AHS Jazz Band; Teatro Augusteo, Salerno; Teatro Puccini, Sorrento;Roccella Liceo HighSchool, Convento dei Cappuccini, and Roccella Jonica Teatro Comunale, Roccella Jonica; Instituto Agrario, Pezzolo
2006 Dante Alighieri Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts,OMS Chamber Orchestra
2006 Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts,AHS Jazz Band and Full Orchestra with Maria De Simone
2004Charleston,South Carolina, AHS Full Orchestra, Concert Band, and Jazz Band, Charleston High School
2004Caribbean tour, Nassau, Bahamas,AHS Jazz Band
2003Jazz Jam Festival,Lowe Auditorium, Arlington High School, Arlington, Massachusetts
2002Massachusetts Music Educators Conference, Danvers, Massachusetts,OMS Chamber Orchestra
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2002Warwick High School, Warwick, New York, AHS Full Orchestra, Concert Band, and Jazz Band
2001Arlington Housing Authority,Arlington, Massachusetts,AHS Jazz Band
2001Cambridge Nursing Home,Cambridge, Massachusetts, OMS Chamber Orchestra
2001Zonta Club of Arlington,Arlington, Massachusetts, OMS Chamber Orchestra
2000Quebec City, Canada, AHS Full Orchestra, Concert Band, and Jazz Band
2000Shriners Hospital Fundraiser Concert, Shriners Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, OMS Chamber Orchestra
2000International Association of Jazz Educators, Beverly, Massachusetts,AHS Jazz Band
1999“A Hospital for Ukraine” benefit concert, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts, AHS Jazz Band
Works Conducted(Partial List)
Anderson
Bluebells of Scotland
W. Altman
Concerto for Bass and Viola, Allegro ma non troppo
Bach
Concerto for Two Violins in C Minor
Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean
Beethoven
Military March in C
Symphony No. 5 Finale
J. Berger
Short Overture for Strings
Bilik
Block M March
Bizet
Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Carmen
Copland
Hoe Down
Bernstein
West Side Story
Borodin
Polovtzian Dances from Prince Igor
Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Britten
Simple Symphony, I “Boisterous Bouree”
Corelli
Violin Sonata, Op. 5 No. 5
Chaminade
Concertino for Flute Solo and Wind Ensemble
S. D’Agostino
Italian Rhapsody
Sei Una Florida
Nel Buio di Oak Hill
Dvorak
Symphony No.5 “From the New World,” Allegro con fuoco
Ellington
V.I.P.’s Boogie
J. H. Fiocco
Concerto for Violin
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Glazounov
Concert en E flat Major for Alto Sax and Orchestra
Gluck
Overture to Don Juan
Handel
Allegro from Concerto Grosso, Opus 6 No. 1
Concerto Grosso No. 2, II Introduction and allegro, IV Allegro ma non troppo
Handel-Halvorsen
Passacaglia
R. Hardiman
Lord of the Dance
Haydn
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Allegro moderato
Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Holst
St. Paul’s Suite, Jig
St. Paul’s Suite, Finale
Second Suite in F for Military Band
L. Hurwitz
Suite Baroque
Hovhaness
Armenian Rhapsody No. 3
Mountains and Rivers without End
M. Isaac
Overture Russe
Kander & Ebb
Chicago
Mahler
Symphony No. 6
Mendelssohn
Sinfonia No. IV in C Minor
Morricone
Once Upon a Time in America
Mozart
Serenade No. 9 “Posthorn,” Finale
String Quartet No. 8 in F, Movement IV
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Allegro
Themes from Symphony No. 40
Vincenzo Monti
Czardas
Osterling
Mount of Might
Saint-Saens
Marche Militaire Francaise
Soon Hee Newbold
Fantasia Espagnola
Olivadoti
Zaragoza
Puccini
“Nessun dorma”
H. Rabaud
Solo de Concours
Ravel
Bolero
Alfred Reed
El Camino Real
Rimsky-Korsakov
Slava!
Flight of the Bumble Bee
Rodgers & Hammerstein
The Sound of Music
Rossini
Overture to The Barber of Seville
Overture to L’Italiana in Algieri
John Rutter
Suite for Strings, “A-Roving”
Sammartini
Concerto for Oboein C Major
Schubert
Marche Militaire
Selby
English Fugue
Shore
Lord of the Rings
Shostakovich
Galop
Stravinsky
Three Movements from Petrushka
P. Tassone
Gemelli Chronicle
Fezziwig’s Dance
Dzon
Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Marche Slav
Telemann
Concerto in G Major
Concerto for Viola, Allegro
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Oboe Concerto in A Minor, Finale
Verdi
Overture to Nabucco
“Ah fors’è lui” from La Traviata
Vivaldi
Concerto in A Minor, I Allegro moderato
Concerto in Re Maggiore, Allegro molto
Concerto for Due Violoncelli, I Allegro
Concerto for Two Flutes
La Notte
Wagner
Overture to Die Meistersinger
Webber
Phantom of the Opera
J. Williams
Highlights from Jurassic Park
Collaborations with Guest Conductors and Soloists
2011Ricardo Odriozola, composer and violin soloist, Town Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts
2009Sylvie Zakarian, vibraphone soloist, Arlington Town Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts
2009Ricardo Odriozola, composer and violin soloist, Lowe Auditorium, Arlington High School, Arlington
2008Debra Hanson-Conant, harp soloist, Lowe Auditorium, Arlington High School, Arlington
2008David Harris, director, Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra,
Arlington Town Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts
2006Rocco Ventrella, saxophone soloist, Bari, Italy;
Berklee College of Music and various venues, Boston, MA
2007Maestro Gerardo Sapere, director, Monterisi Orchestra;
Teatro Augusteo, Salerno, Italy
2007 Dario Deidda, composer and bass soloist, Salerno, Italy;
Berklee College of Music,Boston, Massachusetts
2007 Pippo Matino, composer and bass soloist, Naples, Italy;
Berklee College of Music,Boston, Massachusetts
2007 Rich Stillman, banjo soloist, Arlington Town Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts
2007Maestro Carlo Frasca, director, Arlesiana Orchestra, Convento dei Cappuccini, Roccella Jonica, Italy
2006Maestro Aldo Minelli, guitarist and professor, G. Verdi Conservatory, Milan, Italy; Lowe Auditorium, Arlington High School
2006Maria De Simone, soprano soloist, Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Italy;Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2006 Orchestra Napoletana and Maria De Simone, soprano soloist, Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Italy;Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2005 Mimi Rabson, professor of strings, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
2004Eugene Friesen, director, Berklee String Orchestra, Arlington High School, Arlington Massachusetts.
Performing Experience
Bass
2012-13Spajazzy Quartet,with Mark Greel,tour ofSwitzerland and Italy,director and performer
2009-10Spajazzy Quartet,with Mark Nomad,tour of Switzerland and Italy, director and performer
2010Bari in Jazz/ Frank Wilkins, tour of Italy, director and performer
2010East Boston Jazz Festival,Boston, Massachusetts
2009Spajazzy,with Mark Greel, tour of Italy, director and performer
2008Steve Hunt Trio, tour of Italy
1997-PresentMark Greel Band, Boston, Massachusetts
Bob Gullotti, Boston, Massachusetts
Natalie Jackson, Boston, Massachusetts
Jeff Galindo, Boston, Massachusetts
Miles Donahue Band, Boston, Massachusetts
Philippe Crétien, Boston, Massachusetts
Little Horse Band, Boston, Massachusetts
Jim Kelly Trio, Boston, Massachusetts
Full Steam Ahead, Boston, Massachusetts
Drifters Show, Boston, Massachusetts
Kay Turnbull Band, Boston, Massachusetts
Wayne Krantz, Boston, Massachusetts
Chris Waller, Boston, Massachusetts
Randy Johnston, Boston, Massachusetts
John Ramsey, Boston, Massachusetts
Anthony Law Quartet, Boston, Massachusetts
1998Spajazzy, European tour
1997-98Jim Kelly Trio, European tour
1995Steve Hunt Quartet, European tour
1994 Berklee Small Ensemble Band, Boston, Massachusetts
1994 Umbria Jazz Berklee Quintet, Italian tour
1994 Felice Marino Trio, Salerno, Italy
1994 Sandra Diano Band, Salerno, Italy
1994 RAI (Radio Televisione Italiana) Orchestra, Naples, Italy
Andrea Bocelli, Ivan Cattaneo, Peppino Di Capri
1993Paolino Dalla Porta Duo, Siena, Italy
1993 Klauss Lessman Sextet, Siena, Italy
1993Danilo Rea, Rome, Italy
1992 TMC (Tele Monte Carlo) International Orchestra, Rome, Italy
1990-91 RAI Orchestra, Rome, Italy
Trumpet
1990-91Vicenza Symphony Orchestra, Vicenza, Italy
1989-90Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Salerno, Italy
1986-87-88 Willy Frank Orchestra, European tour
1986-87-89 RAI Orchestra, Naples, Italy
Awards and Honors
Ensembles under the direction of S. D’Agostino
2013AEF Teacher of the year award, STARS
AEF, Arlington, Massachusetts
2013 Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival,first place, AHS Jazz Octet; Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2011 Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival, second place, AHS Jazz Band; Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2009Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival,fifth place, AHS Jazz Band; Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2009Command performance, Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference,AHS Honors Orchestra;
Seaport Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
2004Overall grand championship and gold medal, Bahamas Cruise Festival,AHSJazz Band; Nassau, Bahamas
2002Command performance, Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference,OMS Chamber Orchestra;Danvers, Massachusetts
2000Gold medal, International Association of Jazz Educators, AHS Jazz Band; Beverly, Massachusetts
S. D’Agostino
2013Pirandello Lyceum, I Migliori in Mens et Gesta (“Best in Thought and Deeds”), Hyatt Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
2012Goldin Foundation for Excellence in Education Award, Goldin Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
1996Bass Department Chair Award, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
1994 Best Bass Player, Umbria Jazz Berklee Quintet, Umbria Jazz Festival, Umbria, Italy
1994 Full Scholarship, Berklee College of Music, Umbria Jazz Clinics, Perugia, Italy
1994Full Scholarship, Umbria Jazz Clinics, First National Bass Competition, Pesaro, Italy
1994Best Bass Player Award, First National Bass Competition, Pesaro, Italy
1993Excellence Award, Siena Jazz Festival, Siena, Italy
Education
2006Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS),Cambridge College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2004 Teacher certification in music, K-12, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2002Master’s in education and integrated studiessumma cum laude,Cambridge College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1995Bachelor’s diploma in music performance summa cum laude,Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
1995Certificate in English as a Second Language (ESL), Cambridge English School, Salerno, Italy
1993 Music education certification and licensure, elementary and junior high school level,Naples, Italy
1991 Music education certification and licensure high school level, Florence, Italy
1990Bachelor’s degree in music education, pedagogy and didactics,Florence, Italy
1989Master’s in composition and conductingsumma cum laude,
Umberto I Conservatory, Salerno, Italy
1987Bachelor’s diploma in classical trumpet summa cum laude,Umberto I Conservatory, Florence, Italy
1986-88Diploma in piano tuning,Conoscere il Piano Institute, Recanati,
Italy
1986Diploma in industrial electronics, G. Galilei Technical Institute, Salerno, Italy
1986Diploma in the history of music,Umberto I Conservatory, Salerno, Italy
1984Diploma in traditional harmony,Umberto I Conservatory, Salerno, Italy
1982Diploma in solfege, Giacomo Puccini Conservatory, Benevento, Italy
Continuing Education
Clinics attended
2007“Dancing and Singing for Students,”John Fierabend (University of Hartford),Arlington, Massachusetts
2004“Conversational Solfege,”JohnFierabend (University of Hartford), Belmont, Massachusetts
2003“Vocal Music in Public Schools,”JohnFierabend (University of Hartford), Belmont, Massachusetts
1996Summer clinics, Berklee College of Music, Perugia, Italy
1994Advanced Jazz Improvisation, Siena Jazz Institute, Siena, Italy
1991Jazz Improvisation, Siena Jazz Institute, Siena, Italy
1986-87-90Jazz Harmonic Analysis, Amedeo Tommasi, Salerno, Italy
Private Studies
2010How to Record with Logic, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
2009Advanced Harmony, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
2009Arranging For Woodwinds and Strings,Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
2008Writing with Finale, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
2007Arranging For Big Bands,Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
2006Website Design,Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
2000Acoustic bass, Helen Stevenson, Arlington, Massachusetts
1998Electric bass, John Lockwood, Belmont, Massachusetts
1995-97Improvisation techniques, Hal Crook, Attleboro, Massachusetts
1996-97Bass and ensemble techniques, Bruce Gertz, Boston, MA
1992-95Bass, Dario Deidda, Rome, Italy
1995Ensemble techniques, Oscar Stagnaro, Boston, Massachusetts
1993Conducting, Giuseppe Mirra, Salerno, Italy
1992 Composition and conducting, Paolino Dalla Porta,Milan, Italy
1991Composition and conducting, Furio Di Castri,Siena, Italy
Recordings
2013 AHS Jazz Band and Octet at ACMI Studio,
ACMI Studio, Arlington, Massachusetts
2011 Honors Orchestra Highlights, AHS Honors Orchestra,
Lowe Auditorium, Arlington, Massachusetts
2010Live at Lowe Auditorium:JazzItalia 2010,AHS Jazz Band,Lowe Auditorium, Arlington, Massachusetts
2009Live at the MMEA Festival, AHS Honors Orchestra, Seaport Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
2009One Great Year, AHS Honors Orchestra, Arlington, Massachusetts
2009Hovhaness Celebration Live, AHS Honors Orchestra, Town Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts
2007JazzItalia,AHS Jazz Band, Somerville, Boston, Arlington, Massachusetts
2004Al Dente,Tino D’Agostino, solo album,Waltham, Massachusetts
2003Unplugged, Steve Hunt Band, Chelmsford, Massachusetts
2002Live at the MMEA Festival, OMS Chamber Orchestra, Danvers, Massachusetts
2001Little Horse, Little Horse, Brookline, Massachusetts
1998Anime Morte, Maurizio Tiella, Boston, Massachusetts
1997Spajazzy, featuring Mike Stern and Jim Kelly, Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York
1997 How Many Heroes, Enrico Cerretti, Carlisle, Massachusetts
19971-11, Sergio Bellotti, Boston, Massachusetts
1994Napoli prima e dopo, RAI (Radio Televisione Italiana), Naples, Italy
Publications
2006 “Get a Move On,a Gradual Approach to Walking
Bass Lines”:six articles,Bass Guitarmagazine,
New York, New York
2005“Left-Right Hand Coordination,”Bass Guitarmagazine,
London, United Kingdom
2004“Left-Right Hand Coordination,” Zon Guitar Publications, Los Angeles, California