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Harris Becker and
Pasquale Bianculli
Performances have included: Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Bass Museum of Art, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the University of Richmond, Florida Arts in Education, Pacific Lutheran University, Long Island Guitar Festival, Westport -Weston First Night, Radio Kerry - Ireland, "A History of the Guitar" lecture-performances in Quebec, Canada and a private reception for the governor of Connecticut. In 1998, the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs selected him to be part of Florida's Artist Residency Program. His transcriptions and editions are available through T.D. Ellis Music Publishing. PASQUALE BIANCULLI began playing the guitar at the age of 13. His earliest musical influence was his father, Philip, an accomplished woodwind player and jazz musician. He began his studies under Joseph Cassano in Brooklyn, New York. In 1972, he continued intensive studies under Jerry Willard and Edgard Dana, at the Guitar Workshop, one of the foremost centers of guitar instruction at that time. He has also performed in master classes with Angel Romero and Timothy Walker, and received tutelage from Alexandre Lagoya. He received his M. Mus. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1981. That same year, he was given the honor of performing for the legendary guitarist, Andres Segovia, in Granada, Spain.
In addition, he has taught at SUNY Stony Brook, and the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Colorado. Currently, he is on the faculty of United Nations International School and the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. Since 1976, Harris Becker and Pasquale Bianculli have been both friends and musical partners. It was during that year when they performed their first recital as a duo while students of Jerry Willard. In 1999 they released their first recording together, Catgut Flambo, and the music contained within reflects their combined eclecticism. In addition to classical music, they also enjoy jazz, world music and the Beatles. As Guitar x 2, they have been featured artists and teachers in schools and on recital series throughout the New York area. Excerpt from Catgut Flambo:
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