Rocco Matone - Guitarist
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I recall
my facination with the invisible world of sounds when I was seven. Then I found a guitar in the attic of
our house in New Jersey. It was a favorite uncle's abandoned 1950 Gibson Kalamazoo with f-holes. In
this secret place, and with this mysterious tool, I loved playing by ear and
began a life-long journey with music — first, rock, folk, and blues,
and later classical and jazz improvisation and experimental music. My first
attempt at performance was at my older brother's tenth birthday party when I
did a shameless imitation of Elvis singing and playing "Are You Lonesome
Tonight?" Afterwards, mom and dad found a teacher to come to the house to show
me how to play "Pipeline" (still one of my favorites). In third grade, I learned how to read music
and solfeggio from a singing nun, so I could sing in the church choir through
my school years, participating in and leading music events in and out of
school.
My first job after high school was teaching at local music
shops, and soon thereafter to college/convservatory for classical and jazz
technique and performance practice studies. After that I performed in concert halls, theatres, and
auditoriums and at small clubs, cafes, and parties. Through performing
and practicing, learning and teaching, I have developed my music with passion
and patience. I have enjoyed
over 20 years helping many people accomplish their music goals. Call for
information about my performances and lessons or send me an e-mail:
E-mail: rocco@roccosguitar.com
Los
Angeles, CA (310)430-5691
Wedding Ceremony
& Celebration Music
Romantic Ballads
Spiritual/Classical guitar solos
Flamenco/Jazz for Cocktail Hour
Jazz/Rock Covers
(Trio/Quartet/Quintet)
Ballads & Blues, Surf
Rock, Oldies, Top 40, Jazz/Swing
(additional duo guitarist/ethnic hand-percussionist by
request)
PERFORMANCES
Soloist and
Ensemble Performances
Calabasas
Golf and Country Club (LA)
RIAA/NARAS
Entertainment Summit (LA)
Rainbow
Services Annual Dinner (Palos Verdes)
Beverly Hilton
Hotel (Beverly Hills)
(CHEC) Children's Health Environmental
Coalition
Annual Dinner (Hollywood)
Cinegrill
(Hollywood)
Fais Dodo Club
(LA)
R.A.P.P.
Arts Center (NYC)
Steamers Jazz
Club (Fullerton, CA)
Powerhouse
Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Adamson House
(Malibu, CA)
The Roxy Club
(Hollywood)
Marina Village
Center (San Diego)
Daniel Recital
Hall (Long Beach, CA)
Marriott Hotel
(Long Beach, CA)
Whole Theatre
(Montclair, NJ)
Victoria
Theatre (San Francisco)
Club Bimbo (San
Francisco)
Italian Museum (San Francisco)
Premieres
and Original Works
"Blood
Wedding" operetta with text by F. Garcia-Lorca, music by Rocco Matone
Stage Group
Theatre, San Francisco
"A Little
Kid Sees A Skyscraper" music by David Jaffe
Festival of New
Music
Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA
MUSIC
EDUCATION
Faculty (2008-2010)
Los Angeles Community College District.
Southwest College, Los Angeles CA.
Department
of Performing Arts
Instructor
and Adjunct Lecturer:
Guitar
Music History
Music Fundamentals & Theory
Faculty (1999-2003)
California
State University. Long Beach CA
Department
of Music and University Extension
Instructor
and Adjunct Lecturer:
Guitar
and Guitar Pedagogy
Director: Jazz Combos
Director:
Jazz Guitar Ensemble
Studio-Los Angeles/Beverly Hills/Pacific Palisades/Santa Monica Private
Students/Individual Lessons Jazz,
Classical, Bass, All Popular and Rock, and Ukulele, Songwriting, Audio Recording MUSIC FOR THEATRE> Music
Director/Band Leader/Accompanist/Performer "Life is a
Dream"
Ark Theatre, dir. Jim Simpson "Twelfth
Night" 9th
Ave. Theatre, dir. Bill Baldridge
"Kaddish" R.A.P.P. Arts Center, dir. Allen Ginsberg "Little
Bird"
A Playwrights Horizons Production "The
Visit"
Actors Collective, dir. Warren Manzi Regional Theatre
productions of: "Blood
Wedding" Stage
Group Theatre, San Francisco "Poor
Murderer" San
Francisco Repertory Theatre "King Lear" Whole
Theatre, NJ dir. Austin Pendelton;(w/ Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Columbus" Santa
Clarita Repertory Theatre Royalties
and Sales Associate Music Publishing and Clearance for Television and
Feature Film Transition Music North
Hollywood, CA COMMUNITY SERVICE Children's
Health Environmental Coalition (C.H.E.C) Annual
Benefit Dinner and Concert A
Tribute to Norman Lear Roos
Home in Brentwood, Los Angeles CA Tracy
Ullman, Christopher Cross, M.C. "Time for
Guitar" after-school program Beverly
Hills, Dept. Recreation and Parks Cheviot Hills, City of Los Angeles
Parks and Recreation Pacific Palisades, City of Los Angeles
Parks and Recreation Competition
Judge PTA Music
Competition "Reflections Program" Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District Books and
Articles An Integral Concept For Jazz Guitar
Improvisation "A
Methodology For Teaching Guitar In A Classroom" "Songbirds
Are Not Dumb: Singing Jazz" "Leading
the Jazz Band Rehearsal Process" "The Julian Bream Master Class In San Francisco" Memberships Pi
Kappa Lambda (excellence in graduate music studies) Guitar
Foundation of America Screen
Actors Guild (SAG) EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, NJ Master
of Music (M.M.), California State University, Long Beach CA San
Francisco Conservatory of Music; Univ. of Oregon: Post Grad 
MUSIC
BUSINESS
International
Association of Jazz Educators