John Altieri
(born 1978, Bronx, New York U.S.A)
Hailed by Broadway World as “graceful, sensual, and modern,” and Prescott News as a "cross between sonorous classicism and adventurous groove and squawk," Altieri’s music has been performed by the Saskatoon Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the California EAR Unit, the Prism Brass Quintet, the Y Trio, the Penfield Commissioning Project, and other symphonic players and soloists at festivals and venues such as Tanglewood, Aspen, Bowdoin, Bang On A Can at MASS MOCA, SWTEC, Eastman, Oberlin, U of Maryland, U of Arizona, HERE Art Center, and the Brooklyn Conservatory to name a few. His 30 minute modern dance work, "My Words Turn to Song in Your Fists", has been produced on two different occasions resulting in sold out runs in New York at the Here Art Center as part of their American Living Room Festival in 2005, and at the Marroney Theatre in Tucson, Arizona in 2002. He has twice been featured as an emerging composer with the California EAR Unit’s Circuit Breaker’s Concerts in 2002 and 2005. Twice a finalist of ASCAP Composer Awards, John’s work has been spotlighted on NY radio as part of the “Brooklyn Composer’s Collective” concert held at the Brooklyn Conservatory.
Also noted as a conductor, John has conducted recordings of various film scores. Most notably his orchestration of Carter Little’s score for “The Living Wake”, a recent 5-star premiere at the Cinevegas Film Festival with "Variety" calling the score “ideally captive of the eccentricity.” He conducted the Bolling Air Force Band as an audition finalist in addition to the California EAR Unit, Bang On A Can MassMoca Ensemble, University of Rochester Wind Ensemble, and chamber and orchestral works at Eastman School of Music, Aspen Festival, Bowdoin Festival, HERE Art Center, University of Arizona, BAM Café, Issue Project Room, Tonic, Galapagos Art Space, Roulette, and the Renee Weiler Concert Hall.
As tuba player, John received a coveted Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music for his adventurous and virtuosic solo tuba performances and has since gone on to perform solo, chamber, and orchestral music in Japan, Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. Of note, Huis Ten-Bosch Quintet (Nagasaki, Japan), Alarm Will Sound, Tucson Brassworks, Bang On A Can Marathon and Mass Moca, and carries the honor of being the first ever tuba soloist at the Bowdoin Festival in summer 2002 since its inception in 1975.
As teacher, John has taught at Hunter College, University of Arizona, Williamsville East H.S., French Road E.S., Tucson Unified School District, Brooklyn Steppers, Meyer Levin School of Performing Arts, and the Academy for College Prep/ Erasmus High School.
John is also currently the American Composers Orchestra Director of Education. He holds a B.M. from the Eastman School of Music and an M.M. from the University of Arizona. He has studied composition with Sydney Hodkinson, Samuel Adler, Dan Asia, and Dan Coleman; conducting studies with Brad Lubman, and tuba with Don Harry and Cherry Beauregard.