Joseph Bertolozzi

Joseph Bertolozzi is a composer with increasingly numerous performances across the US and Europe to his credit. Groups such as the Grammy Award-winning Chestnut Brass Company and The Concert Band of the US Military Academy at West Point have performed his music, and he himself has played at such diverse venues as The Vatican and The US Tennis Open. His body of work comprises orchestral and choral music, chamber music and solo pieces, liturgical music for use in Christian and Jewish worship, and now the exploration of sound through The Bronze Collection...

His body of work comprises orchestral and choral music, chamber music and solo pieces, liturgical music for use in Christian and Jewish worship, and now the exploration of sound through The Bronze Collection, an assemblage of over fifty gongs, cymbals and drums from Asia, Europe and North America. His many stage scores have also enjoyed particular success, notably "Waiting for Godot" at the 1991 Festival Internationale de Cafe Theatre in Nancy, France. He recently completed a ballet score for large orchestra entitled Bosko and Admira, based on the true story of two lovers who were killed while trying to flee Sarajevo during the war.

Also skilled as a concert organist, he's performed in the US as well as in Italy, Poland, Portugal (under the auspices of the American Embassy in Lisbon [USIS]) and Spain on some of the finest and oldest organs in the world, including St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Bertolozzi can be heard on a regular basis at Vassar Temple in Poughkeepsie, NY where he is Organist/Choirmaster; at St. Denis Church in Hopewell Jct., NY where he is Choirmaster; and monthly as pianist at Congregation Shir Chadash, also in Poughkeepsie, NY. Check the Calendar window of this site for his schedule.

Born in 1959 in Poughkeepsie, NY one year after his parents and sister emigrated to the US from Monsagrati (Lucca), Italy, he counts the music of Messiaen, Stravinsky, Wendy Carlos, Skriabin, The Beatles, the progressive rock group Yes, and keyboardist Rick Wakeman as his foremost influences.