Guitar
A seasoned composer, also known for his arrangements, I am a guitarist and, piano is my second instrument. With a solid academic education begun at an early age in Brazil, in Boston at New England Conservatory, I earned two master degrees, one in Composition, another in Jazz Studies. In my professional life as a composer-arranger, performer and band leader, I also teach private lessons, classes and workshops.
I have written for a variety of ensembles and in a diversity of styles from small jazz and chamber music groups to choirs, as well as, chamber and symphony orchestras. My compositions for recorded film-scores and my CD “Brazilian Landscapes” were self-produced and distributed internationally. I continue to lead my own ensembles in performances throughout New England and in jazz festivals including thirty-two appearances at the Regattabar, at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge. For twenty-five years I have had in my octet and projects amazing talents from Berklee College, teachers and students — to name a few: Greg Hopkins, George Garzone, Dave Kikoski, Alon Yavnai, Esperanza Spalding, and Anat Cohen.
My teaching methodology is based on the integration of theory and practice with an emphasis on the importance of ‘feeling and observation’ in our capacity to hear sound, i.e., how music affects us through the flow of expectations and resolutions, how we perceive form, harmony and rhythm, as well as, register, texture, and all other essential elements behind what we perceive as music.
From my life experience, broad range in education (incl’d. two years of Medical Sciences), considerable intercultural interaction and multi-language studies, team work spirit, and good communication skills, I greatly value life, and naturally inspire confidence to my students in their search for the knowledge of
