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Joseph de Dominicis

Composer and Seven-string Acoustic Guitarist, Member of ASCAP

About Me

Joseph de Dominicis, ‘Joe D’, is a composer and acoustic guitarist. He is a native New Yorker. His first album, ‘Joseph de Dominicis Songs: Volume One’ with vocals and piano by Gloria Cooper, was released on the label Carol MRP Co. Joseph de Dominicis is a member of ASCAP. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in General Music and he earned a Master of Arts Degree in Music Composition from the City University of New York at Hunter College in 1995, studying with Edward Knight and Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Melinda Wagner. He was the winner of the 1995 Shirley P. Mintz Award given to the graduating music major “who exemplifies a comprehensive knowledge and love of music.” He became an artist member of The New York Foundation for the Arts and received a generous grant from the Steven H. and Alida Bril Scheuer Foundation to direct and perform in a series of over 100 solo concerts and ten trio concerts of his original music throughout NYC. He is currently working on a new album and playing seven-string acoustic guitar in different venues in Manhattan, New York. Listen to Sunflower, an original song by Joseph de Dominicis/”Joe D”, played on a seven steel-string acoustic guitar: https://soundcloud.com/joseph-de-dominicis/sunflower?fbclid=IwAR0sSg3qzHs5upmajWP_dJEfVkQdpqyHwCelb1j9- Yp2Hse9psXhr2HwKy0