Marco Oppedisano (born November 20, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist and composer whose compositions focus on the innovative use of electric guitar in the genre of electroacoustic music. His musique concr?te/acousmatic music compositions have utilized multitrack recording and extended performance techniques for electric guitar and bass. In addition to musique concr?te, recent compositions by Oppedisano also consist of "live" electric guitar in combination with a fixed playback of various electronic...
His electroacoustic music has been described as ?...mindbending music for guitar and electronics... hear Oppedisano's intricate roar.? [1] (Time Out New York) and "....in-your-face and almost confrontational music, which however never sees salvation in total mayhem, but in creating an immediate emotional and endorphinal experience..." [2](Tokafi)
Oppedisano started playing guitar at the age of 12 and was primarily a self-taught rock guitarist before entering studies at The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music. After two years of classical guitar study with Michael Cedric Smith at Brooklyn College, he completed composition studies there with Tania Leon, Charles Dodge, Noah Creshevsky (creator of Hyperrealism (music) and George Brunner.
Oppedisano completed graduate studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College obtaining his Masters Degree in Music Composition. There he studied with Henry Weinberg and Thea Musgrave.
He has had ensemble works performed by the Fireworks Ensemble, Glass Farm Ensemble, Brooklyn College Percussion Ensemble (directed by Morris Lang), Zyryab Guitar Quartet and solo guitar compositions performed by Kevin Gallagher and Oren Fader. As a guitarist he has performed in compositions by notable composers/guitarists, Nick Didkovsky and Glenn Branca.