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Ralph Joseph Onesti Piano Restorations
1317 MacDade Boulevard, Woodlyn, PA 19094
Phone or Fax 610.833.1657 email: inquiry@onestipiano.com
We offer this page of our website for your interest. Below you will find information regarding several of our professional and institutional clients, with bio when available, and dates for area events and performances.
Terry Klinefelter
The music on this page is In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, composed by Mann and Hilliard, another partial cut from Terry's Simple Gifts CD, for which the piano was prepared by Ralph Onesti. We hope you enjoy it! For more information on this CD or to reach Terry Klinefelter go to her website; www.terryklinefelter.com
From Terry's website: Philadelphia-area pianist Terry Klinefelter is a performer equally at home in the classical and jazz idioms. In addition to appearances with many of Philadelphia's finest jazz musicians, she has also been a guest artist on the Philadelphia Orchestra Chamber Music Series numerous times, and has performed at the Rome Festival, the Chadds Ford Winery Jazz Festival, and the Arcady Festival in Bar Harbor, Maine. She was featured with George Shearing at the opening of Bally's Grand Hotel in Atlantic City. She is an Assistant Professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and is also the staff pianist for the Harrisburg Symphony.Upcoming Events:
Tuesdays (ongoing): Jazz duo with Rob Swanson on bass. 6:00-10:00 p.m. Sullivan's Steakhouse, King of Prussia, PA.
James Guglielmo
Composer & Lyricist
Pianist and Teacher
3712 Hamilton Street
Philadelphia PA 19104
(215) 387-4229 or E-Mail: jamesgug@aol.com
On the web at: www.JamesGuglielmo.com
Upcoming Events:
Saturdays (ongoing) 6-10PM,at CafeValentino, Wharton and Moyamensing, Phila., PAPROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Pianist
Numerous Atlantic City NJ Casinos
Follies Bergere
Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas NV
Pianist and Conductor
Sitmar Cruises
Holland American Cruises
Music Director
Holland American Cruises
Sitmar Cruises
Royal Viking Line
Don Cornell
Composer
Feature Films: Scream Bloody Murder (Independent)
Popular Music: List of copyrights available on request
Arrangements for singers
Education Background
Composition at the Philadelphia Musical Academy
Vincent Persichetti
Joseph Castaldo
Classical Piano
Clement Petrillo, Philadelphia
Arranging/Jazz Piano
Dennis Sandole, Philadelphia
Conducting
Frederich Zweig, Los Angeles
Film Scoring
Eddy Manson, UCLA
Professional Affiliation
ASCAP
Mindy Rhodes
On the web at: www.whisperwindstudios.com The below from Broadwayworld.com regarding her recent debut in NYC at the Metropolitan Room at Gotham:"Ms. Rhodes has been a popular local fixture for many years in Philadelphia piano rooms and clubs where she's built a loyal following of admirers. "Mindy Rhodes is a true artist and incredible songwriter," says musician Glenn Ferracone (former Joe Cocker drummer and founder of The Music Centre, Exton, PA). This promises to be a special engagement by a lady who is just beginning to branch out of Philadelphia to a wider audience. Such is her popularity in Philadelphia that she has attracted a lot of attention in the clubs there. Bruce Donohoe, owner of Vincent's Jazz & Blues Club in West Chester, PA, gushes, "We have the best of the best at Vincent's. When Mindy Rhodes performs at our club, she adds to that success ."
For this engagement, Ms. Rhodes will perform originals, pop, and the Great American Songbook. She will also perform selections from her popular albums, "Whisper Wind" and "Blush."
She has also had a long standing presence at the reknowned Dilworthtown Inn in West Chester, PA.
By way of a close client connection:
Wildheartgroup.com - Partnered with PBS for the upcoming series "On Record-The Soundtrack of Our Lives".
Taken from the website press page:
ON RECORD: THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES traces the history of recorded music and its impact on popular culture and features hundreds of artists from all genres of music. Featuring Sir George Martin, legendary producer of the Beatles, with narration by two-time Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey, artists already interviewed for ON RECORD include Joni Mitchell, Burt Bacharach, Brian Wilson, Les Paul, Lieber & Stoller, Mark Knopfler, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), Honeyboy Edwards, Hans Zimmer, Kitty Wells, Peter, Paul & Mary, Herb Alpert, Dave Grusin, Earl Scruggs, the Bee Gees, Glen Campbell, Steve Van Zandt, The Sherman Brothers, Gordon Lightfoot and many others. Upcoming interviews slotted for later this spring include Elton John, Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, George Benson, Jimmy Jam, Quincy Jones, Alison Krauss, Steve Winwood, Ringo Starr, Steppenwolf, Marty Stuart, Cliff Richard, Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) and more.
Randall Scarlata
From Randall's website: www.randallscarlata.com“A triumph – this baritone has in his keeping the vocal
wherewithal to do just about anything he wants.”
-The Boston Globe-
Hailed for his warm, expressive sound, consummate musicianship and winning way with the audience, baritone Randall Scarlata has become one of the most sought-after musical interpreters of his generation. His performances throughout the United States, Europe and South America have garnered raves from audiences and critics alike.
Elizabeth WeiglePhone: 212.865.7997 or email : elizabeth@elizabethweigle.com
From Elizabeth's website: www.elizabethweigle.com
Governess, Turn of the Screw, (Manhattan School of Music)
"Moreover, Elizabeth Weigle… gave an impressive performance as the Governess. Her light, flexible soprano, with its pleasing middle range and penetrating top, was imaginatively applied to the shaping of her character."
-The New York Times-
A native of Harrisburg, PA, soprano Elizabeth Weigle received critical acclaim for her “fine-spun performance” of Handel’s Messiah with her “exquisite control of volume, pitch and line and her easy adornments” (American Bach Soloistis, San Jose Mercury News”. Of her Carmina Burana performances: “Ms. Weigle’s crystalline soprano mourns the vicissitudes of love lost, reaching a D above high C that is nothing short of inspiring.” (Pueblo Chieftain.)
Richard Raub
Mr. Raub is a twice summa cum laude graduate of West Chester University, in Pennsylvania; he has also studied privately with Martin Katz in New York. For the past twenty-five years he has worked at The Academy of Vocal Arts and is currently a master vocal coach, assisting the musical director and conducting operas. For nine seasons he served as assistant conductor, pianist, and supertitle operator at the Opera Company of Philadelphia (OCP). He served as supertitle operator for The Philadelphia Orchestra for several concert opera performances both at The Academy of Music and Carnegie Hall. He has also served on the music staffs of The Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, The Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming, The Pittsburgh Opera Center, The Hollybush Festival in New Jersey, The Kent Blossom Festival in Ohio, and The University of the Arts and Temple University in Philadelphia. As an opera conductor, Mr. Raub has conducted performances of Puccini's Le villi, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Die Fledermaus, Don Pasquale, Così fan tutte, Richard Wargo's The Music Shop, and many productions of Hansel and Gretel at AVA and at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. He served as assistant conductor for Opera Carolina's production of Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree, and conducted the world premiere of Philadelphia composer Margaret Garwood's The Scarlet Letter; he has also conducted Massenet's Cendrillon at The Banff Centre and Don Giovanni at The Blossom Festival.
Mr. Raub has served as coach/pianist for The Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition and worked with Mr. Pavarotti as a recitative accompanist in OCP's production of L'elisir d'amore and as backstage conductor for Luisa Miller and Pittsburgh Opera's Tosca. He has performed with José Carreras, George Shirley, Benita Valente and Florence Quivar, Richard Leech, and Indra Thomas. In demand as a pianist for recitals, Mr. Raub has performed and recorded with singers throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. He made his Carnegie Hall debut during its hundredth Anniversary with mezzo-soprano and AVA alumna Wanda Brister, and has accompanied Wilhelmenia Fernandez (AVA alumna and star of the film Diva) in recital and on television. Mr. Raub has also accompanied three additional AVA alumni in their recital debuts: Stuart Neill at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, John Packard (Dead Man Walking) at the Ravinia Festival, and Richard Troxell (star of the film Madama Butterfly) at Salem College (North Carolina), and Penn State University, and AVA alumna Latonia Moore in her recital in the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, sponsored by the Opera Orchestra of New York.
John Connahan
John Conahan is a piano singer/songwriter based in Philadelphia, PA. He has fashioned a technique that is driven by concentrated and highly-acrobatic singing, as well as charming piano sound that will impress and inspire. Polished songs of depth colored with the grit of New Orleans blues. John brings together his varied lives as a scat singer, choral composer, jazz pianist and operatic tenor for a unique color of songwriting and performance. He has shared the stage with musicians like Jeffrey Gaines, Josh Joplin & the Squirrel Nut Zippers as well as many of Philadelphia's beloved songwriters. He has been a clinician at Eastman School of Music, performed with Ravi Coltrane, and worked extensively as a spontaneous piano artist. However, John is most known for his highly energetic singing, bombastic piano skills and forcing his audiences into singing along. He has been praised by the local and national press and receives regular airplay on radio stations around the world. You can find out more about John and listen to him online at www.johnconahan.com
Dr. William Gatens
WILLIAM J. GATENS, Organist-Choirmaster of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont, Pa.; Organist for Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Elkins Park; and a regular contributor to American Record Guide. For eleven years, he was an announcer for Philadelphia's classical music station WFLN-FM until the station ceased operations in 1997. He holds a BA from Swarthmore College as well as the BA, MA, and D.Phil. from Oxford University. He is the author of Victorian Cathedral Music in Theory and Practice (Cambridge University Press, 1986), several published articles and essays, and has furnished numerous reviews of books and musical editions for Music and Letters. He is a contributor to the second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and to the New Dictionary of National Biography. His organ recital appearances have included performances at Longwood Gardens, the University of Pennsylvania (Irvine Auditorium), Drexel University, Beaumont at Bryn Mawr, and many Philadelphia-area churches. In the summer of 2001, he led the choir of the Church of the Good Shepherd on a two-week tour of England, where they sang choral services at Southwell Minster, York Minster, and St. Albans Cathedral. He led a second such tour in August of 2004 to Norwich Cathedral, Durham Cathedral, and Lichfield Cathedral. He is active as an accompanist with the Main Line Opera Guild, Media Chamber Chorale, and other organizations.
Carlos Serrano
Phone: 215-465-4371
From Carlos' website: www.carlosserrano.com
Born on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rican baritone Carlos Serrano has garnered international acclaim for his performances of opera, oratorio, and zarzuela. Since his triumph as Tonio in I Pagliacci and in the title role in Gianni Schicchi with L'Opera de Montréal, Mr. Serrano has performed extensively with leading opera companies in the United States, Mexico, and Europe. Recent career highlights include appearances in Cavaliera Rusticana and I Pagliacci in Sinaoloa, Mexico, as well as the title role in Falstaff in Brevard, North Carolina, and most recently, the title role in Rigoletto during the summer of 2005 with conductor David Effron and director David Gately. Recent oratorio performances include Carmina Burana in Puerto Rico, and The Messiah in Philadelphia.
Mr. Serrano has achieved a high degree of prominence in Mexico, where he regularly appears in opera, zarzuela, concerts and recitals. He has performed in major opera houses and in every major music festival in Mexico. In recent seasons, he has performed Vidal in the zarzuela Luisa Fernanda in Durango and Guadalajara, and appeared as soloist in zarzuela galas in Aguascalientes and Sinaloa. Additionally, he has appeared as soloist in performances of Carmina Burana and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and in Carmina Burana in Baja California, and has taken part in opera galas in Ofunam and Aguascalientes. He has sung Tonio in Guanajuato and Monterrey, the title role in Rigoletto at the Festival Cervantino and the Guanajuato Festival, and both Rigoletto and Scarpia at the Festival de Sinaloa. He sang three recitals in Alamos and appeared as Rigoletto in Chihuahua.
Other performances include De Falla's El Retablo del Maese Pedro in Mexico City and Tómas Breton's La Verbena de la Paloma in El Paso, performances of Iago in Otello with Syracuse Opera and the Indianapolis Opera, and Tonio in I Pagliacci with the Utah Festival Opera. Mr. Serrano has sung the title role in Rigoletto in Mexico, and Scarpia in Tosca in Amarillo, Texas. He performed Gianni Schicchi in Fall 1999 for Sylvan Opera in Philadelphia. In April 2000, he sang Luibi in Il Tabarro and Gianni Schicchi for New Jersey's Bohème Opera Company, and in Summer 2000 he appeared at the Brevard Music Festival as Amonasro in Aïda . Carlos Serrano has sung Marcello in La Bohème with New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Opera de Puerto Rico, Scarpia with the Florida Grand Opera, Iago with the Florentine Opera, Rolando in La Battaglia di Legnano and De Siriex in Fedora with the Opera Orchestra of New York, Escamillo in Carmen with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Rigoletto with the Virginia, Omaha, and Glimmerglass Operas. He has appeared as Germont in La Traviata with Greater Buffalo Opera, Opera de Puerto Rico, and in Durango, Mexico; Tonio with the Miami and Tulsa Operas, and in Guadalajara; Ford in Falstaff with the Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Macbeth at the Virginia Opera and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with L'Opéra de Montréal, New York City Opera, and Mobile Opera. He sang Rigoletto on tour in Spain and Portugal.
Carlos Serrano has studied at the University of Puerto Rico, Casals Conservatory in Puerto Rico, the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, and at the Curtis Institute of Music. Mr. Serrano lives in Philadelphia, where he is on the faculty at the Academy of Vocal Arts and at Temple University. He maintains a busy schedule of private teaching and is on the voice faculty at North Carolina's Brevard Music Festival during the summer months.
Jimmy Amadie
From his website: www.jimmyamadie.com
Beginning in the 1950s, the pianist could be heard playing with such talents as Charlie Ventura, Red Rodney, Woody Herman and his band as well as singer Mel Torme.
But his story actually began at age 10, when he started taking classical piano lessons, eventually ending up in Philadelphia clubs during the mid-'50s, working with Ventura first then replacing Al Haig in Rodney's band, later joining yet another edition of Herman's Herd. During the early '60s, it was time to stretch yet again, this time with Amadie backing up the great Mel Torme, where he learned even more about timing and nuance, not to mention swing. It was at this point that Amadie started working as a solo act, bringing his trio into such settings as the New York's Copacabana and the Red Hill Inn in Pennsauken, N.J., where he had the opportunity to play with Coleman Hawkins, among others.
Amadie's other achievements include important work as an author and educator. He is the author of the well-regarded and popular books Harmonic Foundations For Jazz & Popular Music and Jazz Improv: How To Play It And Teach It! And, during the '90s, lucky summer-school students could be found at Berklee College of Music, while Jimmy Amadie's now 18-year stint at Villanova University is still going strong.
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