Additional studies at Manhattan School of Music, Columbia University
Piano studies with David Burge, Arthur Balsam, Joseph Seiger, Leon Kushner
Chamber music studies with Leonard Shure, members of the Cleveland Quartet, Jan de Gaetani, Heidi Castleman
Developed piano programs in New Jersey music schools
Awarded NY Teacher of the Year Prize from David Dinkins (1991)
Faculty positions at Thurnauer School of Music, Rockland Conservatory and Sylvan Academy of Music
Active recitalist and teacher
Bob Rodriguez, Contemporary Jazz Piano.
Attended Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory
Additional studies at Ohio State University and Akron University
Tours and recordings as pianist and composer / arranger in residence with Billy Hart, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow and Carla Bley
Festival performances with Paul McCandless, Ahmad Jamal and McCoy Tyner
Opening pianist, Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Concert, The Blue Note (NYC)
Guest lecturer in Jazz Studies at Julliard School and Wheaton College (MA)
Pianist and commissioned composer, Creative Opportunity Orchestra (a 13-piece band based in Austin, TX, led by vocalist Tina Marsh)
CD recordings on CreOp and Nine Winds labels
Featured composer and pianist, along with Muhal Richard Abrams and Jack Walrath, for Discovery Orchestra
Faculty positions at Turtle Bay Music School of Music, Rockland Conservatory, and Thurnauer School of Music
Bob Pettegrew, Traditional Swing/Stride Piano.
Studied with contemporary pianist Tommy Taylor in New York, Eugene Uman and Harvey Diamond at the Vermont Jazz Center, and with the late Tom Gallant, contemporary/jazz pianist and Music Department Chair at Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH.
Involved in solo performances, vocal accompaniment and small combo groups around New England.
Teaches piano (including chordal structure/theory) in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. His playing reflects the stride-base style of the ’30s and ’40s a-la Teddy Wilson.
Management Consultant and voice-over artist, who records commercials for TV and radio – as well as educational, training and industrial DVDs.
What students said about Piano’Scape 2011:
“The improvisation classes were great! Having the students build from the first to last sessions to create their own improve arrangements really worked”. JF, New York
“The instruction was fantastic. I came away with so many good ideas on how to practice and work on pieces. I was very excited to get back home and continue working”! CT, North Carolina
