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

  • Bach, C.P.E. - Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1020 (I, II)
  • 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
  • Pergolesi, Giovanni - Concerto in G Major (I, piccolo)
  • Reinecke, Carl - Sonata "Undine" (I)
  • Telemann, Georg Philipp - Moderato in e minor; Trio Sonata in C Major

Oboe

  • Bertain, Jules - Sérénade
  • Corelli, Arcangelo/J. Barbirolli - Concerto for Oboe and Strings (I, II, V)
  • Handel, G.F. - Sonata No. 1, HWV 366 (I, II)
  • Handel, G.F. - Sonata No. 2 (I, II)
  • Marcello, Benedetto/Stacy, Thomas - Sonata (I, II, English horn)
  • Morris, Alyssa - Four Personalities (I)
  • Nielsen, Carl - Fantasistykker
  • Saint-Saëns, Camille - Sonate
  • Telemann, Georg Philipp - Concerto in F Minor

Clarinet

Bassoon

Saxophone

  • Mozart, W.A./Larry Teal - Rondo in D
  • Reed, Alfred - Ballade
  • Schmidt, Jon - To the Summit
  • Villa-Lobos, Heitor - Fantasia
  • Zambarano, Alfred P. - Neapolitan Tarentella

Trumpet

  • Albinoni, Tomaso - Concerto in C Major, T.Mi 3 (I)
  • Balay, Guillaume - Andante et Allegretto
  • Barat, Joseph Edouard - Andante et Scherzo
  • 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

Trombone

  • Uber, David - Summer Nocturne

Euphonium

Tuba

  • Nelhybel, Vaclav - Suite

Harp

Vocal

Solo Voice

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 1 & director (2022)
  • Once Upon A Mattress - Pit keyboard 1 & director (2023)
  • Little Shop of Horrors - Pit keyboard 1 & director (2024)
  • Mean Girls - Pit keyboard 1 & director (2025)
  • High School Musical - Pit keyboard 1 & director (2026)