Accompaniment
Joe began studying piano at the age of 6 with Kathy Davis. He studied jazz piano with Mary Giacobbe for five years beginning in seventh grade.
Joe began accompanying at his local church in high school and soon expanded to accompanying instrumentalists, vocalists, choruses, and several musical productions.
Selected Repertoire:
Instrumental
Flute
- Bolling, Claude - Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio
- Chaminade, Cécile - Concertino
- Copland, Aaron - Duo
- Donizetti, G. - Sonate in C Major
- Doppler, Franz - Concerto in e minor for Two Flutes
- Gaubert, Philippe - Madrigal
- Grady, Jennifer - Soaring
- Haydn, Franz Joseph/Ralph R. Guenther - Minuetto in C
- Hindemith, Paul - Sonata (I)
- Marcello, B. - Sonata in F Major
- Mozart, W.A. - Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313
- Telemann, G.F. - Moderato in e minor; Trio Sonata in C Major
Oboe
- Corelli, Arcangelo/J. Barbirolli - Concerto for Oboe and Strings (I, II, V)
- Handel, G.F. - Sonata No. 1, HWV 366 (I, II)
- Morris, Alyssa - Four Personalities (I)
- Saint-Saëns, Camille - Sonate
Clarinet
- Clark, Joe - The Isle of Tri-deg-un
- Clark, Joe - Sonata Clarinata
- Clark, Joe - Triple Concerto for Taylor Thompson
- Crusell, Bernhard Henrik - Clarinet Concerto in Bb Major, Op. 11 (I)
- Finzi, Gerald - Five Bagatelles (I)
- Mendelssohn, Felix - Konzertstück No. 2, Op. 114
- Poulenc, Francis - Sonata (II, III)
- Saint-Saëns, Camille - Sonate (I)
- Spohr, Louis - Clarinet Concerto No. 4
- Stamitz, Carl - Concerto in Eb
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph - Six Studies in English Folk Song
Bassoon
- Bozza, Eugene - Recitative, Sicilienne, et Rondo
- Elgar, Edward - Romance
- Galliard, Johann - Sonata No. 1 (III, IV, V)
- Hindemith, Paul - Sonata
- Mozart, W.A. - Concerto in Bb Major, K. 191
- Williams, John - Five Sacred Trees (selected movements)
Saxophone
- Mozart, W.A./Larry Teal - Rondo in D
- Reed, Alfred - Ballade
- Schmidt, Jon - To the Summit
- Villa-Lobos, Heitor - Fantasia
Trumpet
- Albinoni, Tomaso - Concerto in C Major, T.Mi 3 (I)
- Clark, Joe - Facets: Sonata No. 1 for Trumpet and Piano
- Clarke, Herbert L. - The Debutante
- Ewazen, Eric - A Song from the Heart
- Haydn, Joseph - Concerto in Eb
- Hovhaness, Alan - Prayer of St. Gregory (flugelhorn)
- Nestico, Sammy - Portrait of a Trumpet
- Persichetti, Vincent - The Hollow Men
- Plog, Anthony - Animal Ditties II
- Reed, Alfred - Ode for Trumpet
- Robbins, G. - Mont St. Michel (flugelhorn)
Horn
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Horn Sonata, Op. 17 (I)
- Dukas, Paul - Villanelle
- Mozart, W.A. - Concerto No. 1 (II)
- Mozart, W.A. - Horn Quintet, K. 407 (III)
- Saint-Saëns, Camille - Romance, Op. 36
- Strauss, Franz - Nocturno, Op. 7
- Strauss, Richard - Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
Tuba
- Nelhybel, Vaclav - Suite
Vocal
Solo Voice
- Handel, G.F. - "Let the Bright Seraphim" from Samson, HWV 57
Choral
- Beck, Andy - Seasons
- Debussy, Claude - Fantoches
- Enders, Harvey - Russian Picnic
- Gjeilo, Ola - Tundra
- Hayes, Mark, arr. - Sing Joy!
- Lauridsen, Morten - Dirait-On
- Mozart, W.A. - Regina Coeli, K. 276
- Schwartz, Stephen - For Good (from "Wicked")
- Stroope, Randall Z. - Omnia Sol (Let Your Heart Be Staid); Song to the Moon (La Luna)
Musicals
- 42nd Street - Played Oscar, the Stage Pianist (2009)
- Fiddler on the Roof - Pit keyboard, musical revue (2010)
- Grease - Pit keyboard & director, musical revue (2011)
- You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - Pit keyboards & director(2012)
- CATS/Phantom of the Opera - Pit keyboard, musical revue (2013)
- Shrek - Pit keyboard & director (2022)
- Once Upon A Mattress - Pit keyboard & director (2023)
- Little Shop of Horrors - Pit keyboard & director (2024)