John Fatuzzo

Degrees

Professional Experience

John Fatuzzo is an Adjunct Professor of Music at The College of Saint Rose, where he teaches high brass (trumpet, French horn) techniques and pedagogy to instrumental music education students. Fatuzzo teaches Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Music Theory, Music History, as well as instrumental lessons and chamber music at Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk (RCS) High School. At RCS, his ensembles have regularly received ratings of Gold and Gold with Distinction at NYSSMA Major Organization Festivals.

An active freelance teacher and performer, Fatuzzo maintains a private trumpet studio and regularly coaches trumpet, brass, and full orchestral winds sectionals for the Empire State Youth Orchestras Symphony and Repertory Orchestras. Additionally, he is the Director of Administration for the School of Orchestral Studies division of the New York State Summer School of the Arts. In this role, he oversees all school programmatic and residential functions while regularly leading winds and percussion sectionals and chamber brass ensemble coachings.

A semi-finalist in the 2016 Graduate Solo Division of the National Trumpet Competition, Fatuzzo has performed and worked with numerous highly acclaimed artists including Bela Fleck, Doc Severinsen, Livingston Taylor, and both current and former musicians from several of the world’s most famed symphony orchestras including Phil Smith, Mark Gould, Ethan Bensdorf, David Bilger, Jim Wilt, and Thomas Stevens. He has performed with the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra, Sage City Symphony, Albany Pro Musica, Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, Capital Region Wind Ensemble, and more.

Fatuzzo graduated summa cum laude from The College of Saint Rose in 2014 with a B.S. in K-12 Music Education. He was recognized as the “Most Outstanding Graduating Student” in his area of study, received multiple selections for Honors Convocation performances, and was featured with the Saint Rose Wind Ensemble in a 2013 performance of Herbert L. Clarke’s Carnival of Venice. He studied trumpet with Dr. Dennis Johnston. In 2016, Fatuzzo received the M.M. in Trumpet Performance and Literature and the Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. At Eastman, he studied with virtuoso trumpet performer and pedagogue James Thompson and was an instructor of applied trumpet lessons to students of the University of Rochester.

Teaching Interests

• Brass Pedagogy & Literature
• Orchestral Performance Practice
• Concert Band & Wind Ensemble
• Chamber Music
• Music History