Biography
Pasquale Tassone studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, has an honors diploma from the Chigiana Academy in Siena, Italy a Masters Degree from The Boston Conservatory and a Ph D from Brandeis University. He has written music for the University of Lowell recital series, the M.I.T. Band and ALEA III. His music is published by the League-ISCM, E.C. Schirmer, Southern Music, Gran Mesa Publications and on SheetmusicPlus He was first a prize-winner, with his Laudate Dominum, in Catholic University's composition contest in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music. Laudate Dominum was premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. He has been a resident at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, (FL) where he worked with the composer, Olly Wilson. In addition to performances in the US, his music has been played in the Czech Republic, Italy, France, UK, Norway and Hungary. A CD featuring Ricardo Odriozola and Einar Røttingen performing his Trittico for Violin & Piano, among other works was released in March 2011. He has been a finalist for the EAMA Prize. In 2014 he finished his first opera, Seven Rabbits on a Pole. More on Pasquale Tassone can be found at migidamusica.org In January 2018, his Wings of Light for String Quartet was chosen by the Italian Center for Rare Diseases in Rome as an artistic contribution in the fight against rare diseases. More recently his music has been performed by The Reading Symphony, The Atlanta Contemporary Ensemble, The IOCSF (Chorus) of San Francisco and the Tampa Bay Symphony.
Pasquale Tassone studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, has an honors diploma from the Chigiana Academy in Siena, Italy a Masters Degree from The Boston Conservatory and a Ph D from Brandeis University. He has written music for the University of Lowell recital series, the M.I.T. Band and ALEA III. His music is published by the League-ISCM, E.C. Schirmer, Southern Music, Gran Mesa Publications and on SheetmusicPlus He was first a prize-winner, with his Laudate Dominum, in Catholic University's composition contest in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music. Laudate Dominum was premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. He has been a resident at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, (FL) where he worked with the composer, Olly Wilson. In addition to performances in the US, his music has been played in the Czech Republic, Italy, France, UK, Norway and Hungary. A CD featuring Ricardo Odriozola and Einar Røttingen performing his Trittico for Violin & Piano, among other works was released in March 2011. He has been a finalist for the EAMA Prize. In 2014 he finished his first opera, Seven Rabbits on a Pole. More on Pasquale Tassone can be found at migidamusica.org In January 2018, his Wings of Light for String Quartet was chosen by the Italian Center for Rare Diseases in Rome as an artistic contribution in the fight against rare diseases. More recently his music has been performed by The Reading Symphony, The Atlanta Contemporary Ensemble, The IOCSF (Chorus) of San Francisco and the Tampa Bay Symphony.