Joseph Bertolozzi (born 1959) is an American composer and musician with works ranging from full symphony orchestra and solo songs to immense sound-art installations.
[11][12][13][14] Bertolozzi also has created concert music and theatrical scores, including "The Contemplation of Bravery," which was an official 2002 Bicentennial commission for The United States Military Academy at West Point [1] Archived 2009-12-31 at the Wayback Machine, and his incidental score to "Waiting for Godot," used at the 1991 Festival Internationale de Café Theatre in Nancy, France.
[15] As a longtime concert organist, he has performed his own compositions as well as those of the classical literature in the US and in Italy (including St. Peter's Basilica),[1] Poland, Spain[16] and Portugal (for the U. S. State Department).
[18] Joseph Bertolozzi was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, one year after his parents and sister emigrated from Lucca, Italy.
in music from Vassar College, and did further study at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana (with Xenakis and Donatoni), Westminster Choir College, and The Juilliard School, as well as numerous professional workshops with ASCAP, The American Music Center, and Carnegie Hall (including contemporary conducting techniques with Boulez).